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Bloomberg digs into the crime stats and finds that incidents of violent crime remain at historic lows in New York City. However, people’s views on guns and crime are often more influenced by what they see and hear, rather than by hard numbers. The murder rate today looks much like it did in 2009, when the city was clawing its way back from the last national economic collapse.
Perhaps nowhere has the perception of rampant crime overpowered the reality more than in New York City, where the murder rate has certainly increased in recent years but is nowhere near where it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Fears of violence have now surpassed Covid concerns when it comes to why workers say they won’t return to their Manhattan offices or ride on public transit in the financial capital of the world. Besides the impact on the residents of New York, there are far-reaching implications for the tourists, investors and other people who bring business and capital to the city’s economy. Part of the outsized perception can be traced to the city’s new mayor, Eric Adams, whose focus on crime helped propel the 22-year veteran of the New York City Police Department into the job.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-is-nyc-safe-crime-stat-reality/?sref=EcccZSTc
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