N.Y. May See Slayings Dip Below 1,000 in ’96
Reuters
NEW YORK —
New York City is poised to finish the year with fewer than 1,000 murders for the first time in almost 30 years, authorities said Friday.
Dramatic drops also were evident in the number of other serious crimes in the city, such as rape, robbery and assault, according to New York City Police Department statistics as of Dec 15.
Not since 1968 has the annual number of murders stayed below 1,000. That year, the number was 986.
The high was 2,245 murders in 1990. Last year, there were 1,126 murders in New York City.
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