New York City�s overall crime rate could increase for the first time in decades, driven by alarming spikes in murder, rapes and robberies in many neighborhoods.
A 400 percent increase in murders in tony Williamsburg; a 400 percent increase in rapes in Sheepshead Bay and a 250 percent increase in killings in Washington Heights are all troublesome statistics that have Mayor Michael Bloomberg and police officials concerned.
�We worry every day about trying to make this city safer,� Mayor Bloomberg said Monday.
Although crime has fallen an enviable 35 percent since Bloomberg took office, in the past year it has risen in 34 of the city�s 76 precincts, and alarming spikes in some neighborhoods could lead to the first city-wide increase in decades.
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