That was an anomaly for February, and is a good example of how statistics are manipulated by the media to fit a narrative: https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/15/new-y

That was an anomaly for February, and is a good example of how statistics are manipulated by the media to fit a narrative: https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/15/new-york-murder-rate-is-much-higher-than-londons-new-figures-show-7717873/ https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/15/new-york-murder-rate-is-much-... London is safer that New York on almost every measure, but NYC has come a long way over the past 20 years.