Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» The sb prez sez New YorK City is crime-ridden/infested. Others say crime rate is the lowest since the 50's! Why do dat guy lie lie lie?
Whom do I believe m2c? We both know that we can find any poll or article to back up a position just as we both know we can find any expert to support any conclusion we want supported. Dueling articles....opposite conclusions. It ticks me off way bigly that we are surrounded by so much crap. Aren't you ticked off bigly too? Thank you for your reply and the link. What other crimes are there and how much have they gone down? I guess murder is the very worst. SIGH. Inquiring minds wanna know! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at May 17, 2019 9:25 AM MDT
It is true that crime in general has gone down considerably in the past 30 years, but there are a number of different classes of crimes, some of which have gone up dramatically in the past few years and rape and murders may be two of those areas.
It is complicated because crime stats get broken down into categories and then into cities within those categories and then neighborhoods in those categories. Brooklyn and the Bronx probably have the highest homicide rates while areas like mine haven't had more than one, possibly two homicides in the past ten years. Areas that are more affluent will find higher burglary, car theft, muggings than other areas.
True polls and stats can be rigged to an extent...but the link I posted is not polls it is the hard numbers. And well overall crime rate is down....murder and rape numbers (hard numbers) have increased this year.