Violent crime in New York City through the first half of the year has dropped compared with 2024, with murders down 23 percent and shootings and shooting victims dropping to record lows, according to the NYPD.
Reported rapes, though, increased by nearly 21 percent through June, making it the only violent crime category to rise. The spike in rapes — to 986 so far this year compared with 818 through the same period last year — is in large part attributable to changes in the legal definition of rape to include most instances of sexual assaults, police said.
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