violent crime

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

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

Police found the victim lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds in his neck and torso. 

Felony assaults were up 18 percent in January, which includes a string of recent subway slashings.

The NYPD is creating an interactive database to share information about crime in public housing.

There were 21 more homicides this year compared with the same time last year, police said Monday.

The LAPD misclassified about 14,000 violent assaults from 2005 to 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The summer saw the lowest numbers of homicides and shootings in more than 20 years, police said. 

Crime fell by almost 19 percent between May 25 and June 21, compared to the same time last year.

Police believe the same men are responsible for six violent attacks since the beginning of June.

DNAinfo's Crime & Safety Report found that areas such as East and West Harlem ranked safer for property crimes than the Upper East Side and SoHo.  

The Upper East Side ranked as the safest neighborhood in Manhattan, despite a high rate of grand larcenies.

Midtown Manhattan has New York's highest crime rate per capita, according to a new analysis from DNAinfo.com.

Murder and rape are relatively rare between East 59th and East 14th streets, but statistics in the area indicate high rates of property crimes such as burglaries and grand larcenies.

DNAinfo.com's new Crime & Safety Report found the neighborhoods struggling with property crime, particularly grand larcenies.