N.Y.C. Murder Rate Rises in 2000
The murder rate in New York City, which plunged in recent years to levels not seen since the 1960s, rose 12.4% in the first three months of this year, statistics released Tuesday said.
Overall violent crime, however, was down 7.5%.
As of Sunday, there were 190 murders in the city this year, compared with 169 during the same period in 1999.
The numbers were worst in the Bronx, where 61 people were killed this year, compared with 38 in the same period last year. Murders were down in Manhattan and up only slightly in the other boroughs.
The drop in overall violent crime--which includes murders, rapes, robberies, burglaries, assaults, grand larcenies and auto thefts--mirrors a dramatic drop in violent crime since 1990, when murders were at an all-time high of 2,290.
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