In New York, Killings at a Low as Crime Rate Dives
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| Police recruits being sworn in at Madison Square Garden in October. Crime in New York City has declined for 27 straight years. Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
- Crime has fallen in each of the major felony categories, with just 285 homicides in the city, the lowest since reliable records have been kept.
- The numbers portray a city growing safer even as the police use less deadly force, make fewer arrests and scale back controversial practices like stop-and-frisk.