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Mayor Bloomberg had a lot to smile about, as he announced that New York City's crime rate was historic lows in 2004. NYC is still the safest big city in the U.S., reducing crime in all five boroughs, and is on track to have less than 600 murders for a third year in a row. Gothamist read the press release and found these points telling:
- Crime is down 5% citywide; specific drops included 11.5% for grand larceny auto, 8.6% for burglary, 6.7% robberies, 5.1% rapes, 3.6% assaults, 4.4% murder (grand larceny increased by 2.1%).
- Queens had the biggest decrease in crime, with a drop of 7.5%; Brooklyn (4.7%), Staten Island (4.3%), the Bronx (3.3%), and Manhattan (2.9%) followed.
- The most comprehensive list to date of the NYPD's "Operation" initiatives: Operation Impact (reduction and prevention of serious crime in Impact Zones; Operation Spotlight (focusing on chronic misdemeanor offenders); Operation Safe Housing (it's about having safe public housing); Operation Clean Sweep (quality of life improvement); Operation Silent Night (noise reduction)
Expect the Mayor to bandy these stats about until he is re-elected.
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Many of us are perfectly content with believing every word that our beloved mayor says. Why would we ever have to check up on him? He would always tell the truth, right?
Actually, if one takes five minutes to do some research, one might find that the NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association says that city precincts *cook the books* in order to make crime rates "lower":
PBA, SBA Claim Some Precincts Fudge on Crime
Just one example of why you shouldn't trust the mayor's stats:
In Chelsea (10th Precinct), the department originally said that there was a 7% drop in crime in 2003. But after an investigation, the ACTUAL number was found to be a 15% INCREASE in crime for 2003. The audit exposed over 200 felonies that were mysteriously downgraded to misdemeanors. Why is that?
well, congratulations. but keep in mind, that 600 murders in new york alone, (does greater new york count or just the inner parts of the city?) is twice as much as all of germany together, with 80 million inhabitants.
in this context it is seems to be no wonder that the us brings it's democratic values to the rest of the world by killing poeple.
it is daily business.
unnatural death causes show the true nature of a society. japan has one of the highest suicide rates, in the us the people kill each other. the culture of killing should be overcome.
besides i wouldn't believe in governmental statistics too much as well, especially in a county like the us with vote fraud machines and such.