New york gun violence rate. 147 for the first six months of 2020 when compared to the first six months of 2019. In contrast new york rhode island massachusetts and hawaii are at the other end of the spectrum with rates lower than five gun deaths per every 100000 people. Crime in new york has declined drastically since 1990 when there were 2245 killings and more than 5000 people shot.
The department provides up to date crime related statistics in the seven major crime categories on the citywide borough and precinct levels as well as historical crime data. New york cbsnewyork the last week in new york city has been like the wild west. This weekend we also saw real challenges out in our streets in terms of gun violence said de.
Last year there were about 320 murders. New york city has stricter gun laws than most other american cities and lower rates of gun violence. Murder is up 231 181 v.
Bullets are whizzing around new york this month at a rate not seen in nearly a quarter. The figure comes amid a stark rise in gunplay for the entire year which. The public can also access this data through the departments compstat 20 portal.
There were 205 citywide shooting incidents in june 2020 compared to 89 shooting incidents in june 2019 a 1303 increase. They also show a 414 percent jump in the number of people shot 74 compared 14 in 2019. The weekly compstat page and compstat 20 were modified to include two sex crime.
But legal challenges could force the city to loosen its gun control. Published june 23 2020 updated july 17 2020 it has been nearly a quarter century since new york city experienced as much gun violence in the month of june as it has seen this year. Will a rise in crime.