There are differences in the enforcement of crime despite progress in NYC

New York, NY – New York's criminal legal system “stands at a crucial moment”, according to new research results, which The Data Collaborative for Justice and the University of Maryland published. After years of falling crime quotas and reduced enforcement, the city is pending again with renewed tensions about public security, the assertiveness practices, the detention and the racial differences. The results were published by Justice in a CrossRoads project in order to recognize the need for data-controlled political debates.

The CrossRoads projects aim to “earth essential political discussions in objective data” and to pursue the “Pendulum -swings”, which of the nineties form the trends of criminal judiciary in the city. For this purpose, the researchers published two accompanying studies: review of crime, enforcement, detention and racial differences and studies on crimes in New York City using the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).

From 1990 to 2019, the first report documents dramatic declines in both violence and ownership crimes – violent crimes decreased by 77%, and the crimes of property fell by 81%. Between 2019 and 2023, however, violent crime rose by 18%, while the property crime rose by 58%. Remarkably, the number of shooting events doubled from 777 in 2019 to 1,562 in 2021 before falling to 974 again in 2023.

The second report offers a rare view of non -reported crimes using NCVS data. It found that from 1997 to 2008 there were no fatal violence and crimes of property by over 60%, and then stabilized with a slight increase until 2021. Confidence in law enforcement has decreased from 2005 to 2021, and the proportion of victims who report property crime has decreased from 40%, while the number of victims of 40% of the victims reported.

The study shows a striking decline in law enforcement measures in the past ten years, followed by a recently increased increase. The pedestrian stops decreased by 99% from 2011 to 2021 and tripled as part of the Adams administration in 2024 to 25,386. Criminal prayers decreased by 91% between 2006 and 2021, but doubled until 2024. Civil population, especially for minor violations such as wearing alcohol in public, rose between 2021 and 2024.

The enforcement of the pharmaceutical processes also took back sharply. The arrests of drugs of criminal offenses have fallen by 84%since 1990, and since 2000 arrests of offense medications have fallen by 77%. Marijuana arrest fell from more than 51,000 in 2011 to zero until 2023.

In the meantime, the prosecutors increasingly refused to pursue cases on a low level. From 2017 to 2023, the offense rate doubled more than doubled, from 8% to 19%. The deposit also resigned before and after the deposit reform of 2020: by 2023, a deposit was imposed in only 6% of the cases of offenses and 26% of the non -violent cases of crimes. The conviction rates for offenses fell from 36% in 1990 to only 8% in 2023.

Between 1990 and 2020, New York City reached a large -scale decarceration. The daily prison population fell from a climax from over 20,000 in 1991 to under 4,000 in 2020. However, the population of the prison has recovered to over 6,800 since 2025. The population of state prisons also fell strongly, especially in drug -related crimes, which have decreased by 86% since their climax in 1999.

At the same time, alternatives to detention (ATI) have expanded. While enrollment received in times of lower crime and arrests, it achieved a maximum amount of more than 19,000 participants in 2023.

Despite the general decline in system participation between racist and ethnic groups, there are differences. Black and Hispanic New Yorkers are still exposed to disproportionately high enforcement and detention rates. Between 2019 and 2023, black and white differences in most metrics deteriorated, with the exception of lectures and prison terms. The biggest differences were found in prison disability and pedestrian stops.

The CrossRoads project warns that New York City has an important decision -making point. While long -term trends show progress in reducing crime and detention, the recent reversations in enforcement and trust underline the need for a balanced approach. After the city was legally commissioned to conclude Rikers Island, the researchers call on political decision -makers to expand the psychiatric services, to accelerate the processing of case and to invest in community -based alternatives to detention.

“Understanding the crime trends in New York, the experiences of victims of crime and the history of the city's reaction to crime will illuminate the decisions from which the city is exposed today,” the researchers conclude.

Both reports are available through the data on the cooperation of justice and justice in a CrossRoads project.

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