NYC crime statistics say crime is down. A second official NYPD report tells a different story. We read both. The numbers don’t agree.
— Read on whitecollarfraud.com/2026/03/26/is-nycs-reported-crime-reduction-real/
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NYPD Still Slapping Street Vendors With Criminal Charges Despite Council Law Requiring Civil Charges | THE CITY — NYC News
A police spokesperson said the department was still training officers on the new law.
— Read on www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/street-vendor-project-criminal-summonses-nypd/
Vital City | Data Explorer
Drawing on more than 30 years of New York City crime data that’s available to the public nowhere else, the Vital City Data Explorer lets researchers and the general public dissect crime trends in New York City.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/explorer/
NYC transit crime spiked nearly 20% as subway ejections paused due to extreme cold: NYPD
Transit crime spiked nearly 20% in February as cold weather policies prevented NYPD officers from booting rowdy passengers, the department said Monday.
— Read on nypost.com/2026/03/02/us-news/nyc-transit-crime-spiked-nearly-20-as-subway-ejections-paused-due-to-extreme-cold-nypd/
Vital City | CompStat, Meet SafeStat
As he works to build a Department of Community Safety, Mayor Mamdani should pioneer a new way to measure not just crime, but broader public safety.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/compstat-safestat-public-safety-nyc-mamdani
Vital City | Issue
What happened in New York City and nationally, and what may and should happen next?
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/issues/crime-looking-back-at-2025-and-ahead-to-2026
INVESTIGATION: 70% of Shreveport’s accused killers have prior arrest records | Louisiana |
(The Center Square) – The killers struck just before 4 a.m., spraying a family’s apartment unit with bullets. For two men facing murder charges, their criminal careers on the streets
— Read on www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_f68799d4-75b4-4f59-b2b7-20450245aa88.html
The Cost of Crime
Affordability and safety are tightly intertwined.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/crime-disorder-safety-affordability-cost-cities
Reported Flash Mob Shoplifting Incidents: 2020‒2024 U.S. Department of Justice—Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI describes a flash mob as a form of shoplifting that occurs when an organized group
selects a specific retail store from which to collectively steal. Flash mob shoplifting is not a
dedicated offense for law enforcement agencies to report in the National Incident-Based
Reporting System (NIBRS) of the FBI’s UCR Program; however, NIBRS data are versatile and
can be used to compile incidents that align with the FBI’s description.
This report defines a flash mob shoplifting incident as one that includes a reported shoplifting
offense occurring at a location defined as a store or otherwise dealing in buying/selling activity,
with six or more offenders, and no more than one business reported as a victim. This study
analyzes shoplifting data over five years, from 2020 through 2024, that meet this constructed
definition for a flash mob.
Get the Report HERE
NRF | The Impact of Retail Theft & Violence 2025
The survey was conducted online among senior loss prevention and security executives in the retail industry from June to August 2025. A total of 70 retail companies responded to the survey, representing 168 brands across a variety of retail sectors.
— Read on nrf.com/research/the-impact-of-retail-theft-violence-2025
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