Shootings and murders in New York hit record lows in the first 10 months of this year, but rampant subway crimes increased

new york city The government announced the latest monthly crime rate statistics on the 9th. The results showed that by the end of October this year, the city’sshooting The number of shootings, shooting victims and homicides reached record lows, and other major crimes also continued to decline, butunderground passage There has been a slight increase in the number of major crime cases in the system compared to the same period last year.

The figures show that in the first ten months of this year, there were 536 shooting incidents in the city and 649 people were shot dead, compared to 598 and 746 shot fired victims in the same period last year. Historical records show that the number of shootings reached a record low in the first ten months of last year, and reached a new low in the same period this year.

During the same period, there were 230 murders in the city, breaking the record low of 244 in 2017. Since the beginning of the year, police have conducted 26 law enforcement raids targeting gang activities and seized more than 4,500 illegal guns, city police said. Strong law enforcement is an important guarantee to reduce the incidents of shootings and murders.

In addition to shootings and homicides, many of the seven major crime categories also continued to decline this year, according to the data. There were 9,750 major criminal cases in the city in October this year, which is 8.6% less than October last year. In the first ten months of this year, a total of 96,059 major criminal cases occurred, a year-on-year decrease of 6.5%, the largest decrease in the past 17 years.

Among major crime categories, theft incidents decreased by 14.2% year-over-year compared to the same period last year, with the largest decline in Queens at 25.2%. Additionally, robberies decreased by 12.3% year-over-year, car thefts decreased by 11.2%, grand theft decreased by 6.1% and retail theft decreased by 12.2%.

However, in the first ten months of this year, the number of heinous attacks increased by 0.9% compared to the same period last year, with October increasing by 3.1% year-on-year. Domestic violence accounts for 40% of all heinous attacks, and attacks on police officers and other public officials account for 10.8%. Police say there has been a significant increase in attacks on police officers or public officials this year, which is not reducing the number of serious assaults overall.

Most of these cases are caused by repeat offenders. According to arrest records, a total of 379 people have been arrested on felony charges more than three times so far this year, an increase of 213% compared with the same period in 2018 before the new crown epidemic.

According to data from the area where the crime occurred, crime rates in the government building community have continued to decline so far this year, but major crimes occurring in the subway and public transportation systems have increased. However, this year is still the second safest year for the public transport system in the last 15 years. According to statistics, there were 1,825 major crime cases in the metro in the first ten months of this year, an increase of 2.2% year-on-year. Among them, the highest incidence rates were those of felonious assault and nonviolent grand theft, which together accounted for more than 80% of the total number of crimes.