NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday
NYPD and city officials are scheduled to announce Tuesday a continuing drop in violent crimes, notably homicides and shootings, to record lows.
With homicides and shootings down so far this year about 23 percent from 2016, police officials are acknowledging in private that the number of killings could drop well below 300 while shootings may fall below 900. The latter is at a level never before seen in the modern era of crime statistics, officials said.
Through Sunday, there were 182 homicides in the city compared with 239 in the same period a year ago, a drop of 23.85 percent, said police. Shootings in the same period amounted to 532 compared with 697 in 2016, a drop of 23.7 percent, officials noted. . .