I’m moving tomorrow, so I figured I’d check out crime stats. It’s amazing how much crime has gone down in the past 10 years, 75% in many areas.
Crime rate is per 100k people in 2006, from safest borough to most dangerous.
Staten Island
Murder: 4.2
Rape: 10.7
Robbery: 94.7
Felony Assault: 87.1
Queens
Murder: 3.8
Rape: 17.7
Robbery: 219.2
Felony Assault: 133.1
Manhattan
Murder: 6.9
Rape: 17.6
Robbery: 316.0
Felony Assault: 208.5
Brooklyn
Murder: 8.9
Rape: 17.1
Robbery: 326.2
Felony Assault: 238.3
Bronx
Murder: 11.3
Rape: 24.3
Robbery: 359
Felony Assault: 320
