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Murders are down by almost 60 percent, but rapes and sexual assaults are up 21 percent, officials said.

Transit crimes were up by 26 percent from March 2016 to last month, police said.

There were 35 anti-Semitic incidents so far in 2017 compared to 18 during the same period a year ago.

The 40th Precinct saw a 14.2 percent increase in crime this year, according to the NYPD.

Though overall crime was down last year, rapes were up 6 percent compared to 2016.

The police commissioner was responding to a report by the NYPD Inspector General released in June.

There was a 5 percent decrease in serious crimes this year compared to 2015, police said. 

Murder, rape and other violent crime was up during a nine-month period ending in March, advocates said.

There were 26 identity theft incidents this month, up 271 percent compared to the same time last year.

Overall crime in the 103rd Precinct fell 6 percent in 2015, police officials said.

Domestic violence made up 12 percent of overall crime in the precinct, compared to 10 percent citywide.

The police commissioner said he felt the remarks were an attack on his officers.

Deputy Inspector Carlos Valdez has taken over at the precinct in the wake of a crime stats scandal.

Aron Aranbayev, a jeweler to the stars, was mowed down just steps from his home. 

DNAinfo found that the number of NYC crimes fluctuates after the NYPD reports them to the public.