crime rate in new york city

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Crime Rate in New York City

Introduction

The issue of crime in any major city is not an amusing or surprising story since this is one of the great effects of urbanization . This crime aspect is brought about by the influence of poverty and overcrowding When people overcrowd in the urban areas they end up in poor conditions in terms of sanitation , infrastructure and development hence are pushed into crime . All this is a result of unemployment

The City of New York is the

world 's most leading city reported by Edwin G . Burrows Mike Wallance (pp 22 .It has great attributes in business culture and entertainment . New York is seen as an important city in USA because the UN Headquarters located here . With a high population of about 8 ,274 ,527 people in the city and about 19 ,750 ,000 people in the metropolis , New York covers an area of 305square miles (790km2 ) and 6 ,720square miles (17 ,400 km2 ) respectively (Roberts 6

In this great city the story of crime dates back to the 19th century (particularly organized crimes , several major shocking disturbances have transpired in the City . There are different forms of crimes reported in this city . The categories of crime could be grouped as riots , Tammany hall , homicide and organized crimes . In the 1800 years crime rate was extremely high with no security at all . Passing by the streets was extremely dangerous and the city could not be referred by the present...