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Murders Plummet to Record Low; Citywide, Crime Dips Again

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 7/12/19

Major crime continued its downward trend through the first half of the year, dipping 5.4 percent citywide compared to the first half of 2018, and the 135 murders through June were the fewest, according to Mayor de Blasio, for any six-month period on record.

Overall, FBI index crimes—homicides, rapes, robberies, burglaries, felony assaults, grand larcenies and car thefts—fell to 43,294 through June from 45,764 in the same period last year, police said. There were drops in every category.

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