NYC crime: Rape and murder increase as subways became safer in October, NYPD officials reported on Thursday.
NYPD Crime Scene Unit members photograph evidence on a sidewalk near the scene of a deadly stabbing in Marine Park, Brooklyn on Aug. 7, 2024.The monthly report compares October 2024 to the same month in 2023.
Rapes increased more than 30% in October. There were also five more murders in October 2024 compared to October 2023 .calendar year, there were 23 fewer murders from Jan. 1 through Oct. 31 compared to the same period in 2023 . The department also reported that three additional shooting incidents occurred citywide in October compared to the same month last year In brighter news, overall index crime in the city continued to drop for a 10th straight month in October, led by steep declines in felony assault, grand larceny and robberyanother 6.1 percent for the month and an additional 2% year to date .and 8.
The department reported that subway crime dropped in October, as it saw a 26.3% decrease in major crime compared to October 2023 . Year to date, 112 fewer index crimes were reported in the transit system compared to last year , a 5.9 percent decline.Donlon credits the decrease in some index and subway crimes to the marriage of new technology with traditional crime-fighting strategies.
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