NYPD crime statistics say New York City is safer
Taxi driver Kone Mahamadou avoids walking the streets near his Harlem home at night, convinced violence threatens to reclaim the neighborhood - even if NYPD statistics say otherwise.
“If you walk these streets, especially at night, you know crime is definitely not down,” said Mahamadou, 44, who lives near Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. and W. 131st St.
“It’s not safe. I don’t know where they get these statistics.”
Crime is still plummeting across the five boroughs - including Harlem’s 32nd Precinct, where Mahamadou lives - continuing a trend that began 15 years ago, according to the NYPD.
Yet many residents worried about the nation’s battered economy think crime is actually surging - an impression that does not surprise experts.
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