Actually, it's just the opposite.
Then again, how often does it happen?
Often enough. Or are crime stats wrong?
All the evidence I need is to look at what is the safest big city in this country.
So other crimes are down, but your murder rate is up. Feel safer?
Most of the decrease in New York came from a drop in property crimes -- violent crime dropped only 3.3 percent.
Which was lower than the National drop which was 4.3%.
Too broad of a generalization. I'm sure that most are responsible, but it's not possible for all to be. And when you put people in stressful situations, it's not easy to predict outcomes.
Oh, and our crime rates — in all categories — were dropping further than the rest of the country for some time, so it’s not surprising that it would change at some point.
We’re still the safest big city.