--- description: Violent crime in New York City has declined to the lowest rate since 1993 title: New York City Violent Crime Hits Lowest Rate In Decades image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Violent Crime in New York City Hits 2-Decade Low  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Dec 2, 2014 8:09 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Dec 2, 2014 8:09 PM CUT Violent crime in New York City has declined to its lowest level since 1993, city officials said Tuesday. “Thanks to the NYPD and the leadership of Police Commissioner \[William\] Bratton, crime in New York City is at historic lows,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. “But this administration doesn’t rest on its laurels.” The number of homicides decreased by 7% from this August to November compared with last year, while the number of robberies was down 14%. The decline was even more dramatic for low-level marijuana arrests. The total decreased by 61% after the launch of a be Blasio program to issue tickets instead of arresting people in possession of small quantities of marijuana. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3614392/nyc-violent-crime-decline/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3614392/nyc-violent-crime-decline/"},"headline":"Violent Crime in New York City Hits 2-Decade Low","datePublished":"2014-12-02T20:09:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:30:52.490Z","description":"The number of homicides is down by 7%","url":"https://time.com/3614392/nyc-violent-crime-decline/","keywords":["Crime","New York City","cities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3614392/nyc-violent-crime-decline/","name":"Violent Crime in New York City Hits 2-Decade Low"}}]}] ```