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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Overview

As a result of the Adtninistration’s focus on crime-fighting and quality-of-life issues, reported crime in New York City continues to dramatically decrease. From calendar years 1993 to 2000, FBI Index crimes declined by / 52 percent. During this period, crime in all seven major categories declined significantly. Motor vehicle theft experienced the largfest decrease (68 percent), followed by murder (65 percent), burglary (62 percent), robbery (62 percent), forcible rape (42 percent), larceny (41 percent) ai)d‘aggravated assault (35 percent).

In addition, the FBI Crime Index for New York City showed a four percent overall decrease from calendar years 1999 to 2000. The number of robberies, motor vehicle thefts and burglaries experienced the largest changes, decreasing 10 percent, 10 percent and 8 percent, respectively. ■ i ‘ i

NEW YORK CITY FBI INDEX CRIMES BO Calendar Years 1991-20(. ■ I

300 i ■ 2000 ■ ions ■ 1998 ; 250 ■ 1997 ■ 1996 ■ 1995 ■ 1994 200 B 1993

1I 150 El 1992 13 1991

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I iO Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle ' . Assault Theft

Arrests totaled 387,233 in 2000, an increase of 46 percent from 1993. Misdemeanor arrests increased by 90 percent during the same period, froth 133,446 in 1993 to 253,704 in 2000. The steady increase in misdemeanor arrests reflects the Police Department’s focus on quality of life improvements.

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