NYC murder and shooting rate at all-time low
The number of murders and shootings in New York City dropped to an all-time low in 2012, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
As of the morning of December 28, there were 414 homicides citywide in 2012. The previous record low was 471, in 2009. Murders dropped in 2012 by 19 percent, compared to 2011; they have dropped by 35 percent since Bloomberg took office.
In Brooklyn in particular, there were 149 murders in 2012, “the first time it was under 150 since 1960,” according to the office of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, who took office in 1990, when the Brooklyn murder rate stood at 780.