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NYC has unprecedentedly low crime for its density and size [1]. There might be places in the US that allow you to draw parallels with Russia, but NYC is a prett

by m0th87 13y ago

NYC has unprecedentedly low crime for its density and size [1]. There might be places in the US that allow you to draw parallels with Russia, but NYC is a pretty awful example. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City

WildUtah 13y ago
New York has low crime for an American city its size. Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, London, Hong Kong, and the like have much lower violent crime rates than New York. New York does have less crime than Los Angeles, São Paulo, Chicago, and such.
- adventured 13y ago
  London in fact is not a lower crime rate city than New York. It's a much lower homicide rate city however. Per 100,000 people (all data is recent, from wikipedia, the guardian and met police; it's understood these numbers swing annually) NYC: homicide 6.4; robbery 235; aggravated assault 327; violent crime 581; burglary 215; larceny theft 1,336; vehicle theft 123; rape 14.6 London: homicide 1.1; robbery 440; knife enabled crimes 168; aggravated assault 950; burglary 529; vehicle theft 994; rape 20 And this: http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm Claims even lower rates for most of those crimes stats for NYC. From what I can find, New York has vastly lower crime rates on most things except homicides.
  - WildUtah 13y ago
    Thanks for your data filled response. I was following a common transnational methodology violent crime by focusing on homicide. It turns out that definitions and reporting of other violent crimes is wildly different in different jurisdictions. For example, if you were a young black male New Yorker who had just been mugged, you would be wise to keep it to yourself considering the policy of the authorities toward people who look like you. There isn't much you can do to avoid coming to the attention of authorities if you're murdered, though. Vehicle theft is pretty reliable, but motorcars per person and storage technique can vary.
    - hessenwolf 13y ago
      I have done some work on looking through crime rates before. For example, Dublin and Stuttgart have the same crimes per year per thousand people, but, although Dublin is mostly nice, it has its sketchy areas, and you couldn't pay to get mugged in Stuttgart. Comparing murders is like comparing the danger of drugs by comparing death rates (big report in the UK a couple of years ago); the long term effect on society of a heroin addict, stealing, disease, impact on family, etc., is so much different than a single healthy kid suddenly dying of a disco biscuit on a Saturday night.
- ekianjo 13y ago
  Don't put Tokyo in the same basket as Paris or London. There's way less crime in Tokyo that these 2 cities. It's a different category on its own.
Shivetya 13y ago
With stop and frisk out the door along with other proactive policing strategies on the side lines now it will be very interesting to see if that crime rate stays low.

by m0th87 13y ago

WildUtah 13y ago

New York has low crime for an American city its size. Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, London, Hong Kong, and the like have much lower violent crime rates than New York. New York does have less crime than Los Angeles, São Paulo, Chicago, and such.

adventured 13y ago
London in fact is not a lower crime rate city than New York. It's a much lower homicide rate city however. Per 100,000 people (all data is recent, from wikipedia, the guardian and met police; it's understood these numbers swing annually) NYC: homicide 6.4; robbery 235; aggravated assault 327; violent crime 581; burglary 215; larceny theft 1,336; vehicle theft 123; rape 14.6 London: homicide 1.1; robbery 440; knife enabled crimes 168; aggravated assault 950; burglary 529; vehicle theft 994; rape 20 And this: http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm Claims even lower rates for most of those crimes stats for NYC. From what I can find, New York has vastly lower crime rates on most things except homicides.
- WildUtah 13y ago
  Thanks for your data filled response. I was following a common transnational methodology violent crime by focusing on homicide. It turns out that definitions and reporting of other violent crimes is wildly different in different jurisdictions. For example, if you were a young black male New Yorker who had just been mugged, you would be wise to keep it to yourself considering the policy of the authorities toward people who look like you. There isn't much you can do to avoid coming to the attention of authorities if you're murdered, though. Vehicle theft is pretty reliable, but motorcars per person and storage technique can vary.
  - hessenwolf 13y ago
    I have done some work on looking through crime rates before. For example, Dublin and Stuttgart have the same crimes per year per thousand people, but, although Dublin is mostly nice, it has its sketchy areas, and you couldn't pay to get mugged in Stuttgart. Comparing murders is like comparing the danger of drugs by comparing death rates (big report in the UK a couple of years ago); the long term effect on society of a heroin addict, stealing, disease, impact on family, etc., is so much different than a single healthy kid suddenly dying of a disco biscuit on a Saturday night.
ekianjo 13y ago
Don't put Tokyo in the same basket as Paris or London. There's way less crime in Tokyo that these 2 cities. It's a different category on its own.

Shivetya 13y ago

With stop and frisk out the door along with other proactive policing strategies on the side lines now it will be very interesting to see if that crime rate stays low.