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Overall crime down for 7th straight month: NYPD

Murders nationwide could reach lowest-ever recorded rate

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 5/16/25

Overall crime citywide dropped for the seventh straight month in April, contributing to a roughly 8-percent drop in index crimes through the first four months of the year compared with 2024, according to NYPD data. 

So-called “index crimes” — murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assaults together with the property offenses of  burglary, larceny and auto theft — dropped 3 percent overall last month compared with April 2022, with property crimes driving down the decrease. 

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