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FBI stats back up Trump’s warning on crime
By Post Editorial Board
September 26, 2016 | 8:04pm
The FBI confirmed Monday that Donald Trump’s right: America’s murder rate is spiking. New data show homicides rose 11 percent in 2015, with overall violent crime up 4 percent.
Trump rightly warned that this is a particular crisis for poor minorities, since the rise is mainly an urban one: “Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities,” he said. “That’s the largest increase in 25 years.”
Critics huffed — but the fact-checkers had to concede he’s right. The Washington Post confirmed Trump’s figure in July. The New York Times this month said murders soared 14 percent in the 100 biggest cities, with half the jump coming from just seven: Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Milwaukee, Nashville and Washington.
New York City actually was part of the grim 2015 trend, with homicides up 6 percent. But the NYPD took aggressive steps to adjust, and 2016’s numbers are looking much better.
Chicago and too many other cities aren’t so fortunate.
The grim news also vindicates the Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald, who’s long warned of the “Ferguson Effect”: less-aggressive policing in the wake of anti-cop protests and rioting.
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De Blasio was sworn into office on January 1, 2014
Murder, rape, felony assault, robbery, grand larceny went up in 2015. Burglary and grand larceny motor vehicle went down in 2015. Because of the decrease in these two non-violent crimes, primarily burglary, the overall number of these seven felonies decreased. Violent crime increased about 1.5% with murder up 6%.
| 2014 | 2015 | ||
| murder and non-neg. manslaughter |
333 | 352 | |
| rape | 1352 | 1438 | |
| felony assault | 20207 | 20270 | |
| robbery | 16539 | 16931 |
We'll see what 2016 brings.