New York City Police Department Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Services == The NYPD has a broad array of specialized services, including the [[New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit|Emergency Service Unit]], [[Police dog|K9]], [[New York City Police Department Harbor Unit|harbor patrol]], [[Police aviation|air support]], [[bomb squad]], [[counter-terrorism]], [[criminal intelligence]], anti-[[gang]], anti-[[organized crime]], [[narcotic]]s, [[Transportation in New York City|public transportation]], and [[public housing]] units. The NYPD Intelligence Division & Counter-Terrorism Bureau has officers stationed in eleven cities internationally.<ref>{{cite news|title=Document shows NYPD eyed Shiites based on religion|url=http://www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2012/Document-shows-NYPD-eyed-Shiites-based-on-religion|access-date=September 27, 2013|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=September 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929150713/http://www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2012/Document-shows-NYPD-eyed-Shiites-based-on-religion|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hartmann|first=Margaret|date=January 27, 2012|title=NYPD Now Has an Israel Branch|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/09/nypd-now-has-an-israel-branch.html|access-date=September 27, 2013|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|archive-date=September 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928221806/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/09/nypd-now-has-an-israel-branch.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019 the NYPD responded to 482,337 reports of crime, and made 214,617 arrests.<ref name=":1" /> There were 95,606 major [[Felony|felonies]] reported in 2019, compared to over half a million per year when [[crime in New York City]] peaked during the [[Crack epidemic in the United States|crack epidemic]] of the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crime Stats - Historical - NYPD|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statistics/historical.page|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www1.nyc.gov|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818194407/https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statistics/historical.page|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Reported number of major felony offenses !Crime !1990 !2000 !2010 !2019 |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |Murder |2,262 |673 |536 |319 |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |Rape |3,126 |2,068 |1,373 |1,755{{efn|group=rape|The definition of rape was widened at the federal level in 2013<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-01-06|title=An Updated Definition of Rape|url=https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/updated-definition-rape|access-date=2021-01-23|website=U.S. Department of Justice |language=en|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203195658/https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/updated-definition-rape|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |Robbery |100,280 |32,562 |19,486 |13,371 |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |Assault |44,122 |25,924 |16,956 |20,696 |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |Burglary |122,055 |38,352 |18,600 |10,783 |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |Larceny |108,487 |49,631 |37,835 |43,250 |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |Auto Theft |146,925 |35,442 |10,329 |5,430 |- style="text-align: right" ! style="text-align: left" |'''Total''' !'''527,257''' !'''184,652''' !'''105,115''' !'''95,606''' |} {{notelist|group=rape}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page