Murders Plunge 17% in America’s Biggest Cities

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• Homicides dropped 15.2%.
• Robberies fell 9.1%.
• Rapes declined 3.5%.
• Aggravated assaults decreased 3.4%.

State of play: Combined, the four categories fell 4.9% — or 13,822 fewer reported offenses.

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Memphis: Homicides plunged 36.5%, from 156 to 99.

San Antonio was down 36.5%, Indianapolis down 33.6%, Philadelphia down 21.2%, Aurora, Colorado down 65.2% and Newark, New Jersey down 59.1%.

The other side: New York City was a major outlier and reported more violent crime in all four categories, including 24.5% more homicides and 14.2% more robberies. Its combined violent crime total was up 5.1%.

San Diego reported 45.2% more homicides and Las Vegas recorded a 23.4% jump.

Washington, D.C., saw homicides fall 29.9%, but robberies surged 41.1%, pushing its combined violent-crime total up 9.7%.

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