Some Crime Up in NYC This Year

The major media has reported that overall crime is down in most places in America this year, attributing most of the reduction to the nation-wide lockdown due to the pandemic.  But CompStat numbers for New York City, one of the most locked-down places in the nation, show increases in some serious crimes over the first four months of the year.   As of May 3, murders in the Big Apple were up 3%.  Robberies increased by 12%, burglary was up 29% and auto theft jumped by 62%.  There were also reported increases in transit crimes and shootings.  But the increase in violence is not limited to NYC.  Detroit has seen a 66% spike in shootings and an increase in homicides, with increases in shootings also reported in Dallas, Nashville, Philadelphia and Tuscon.   In fact shooting deaths nationally at this point in the year are higher than those over the same period during the last three years.