New Yorkers Attribute City’s Crime Rate Hike to Migrant Influx, Is This Real Report?
DEBARYLIFE – A recent survey revealed that although crime has decreased this year, New Yorkers are attributing the city’s low crime rate to an inflow of migrants.
974 eligible voters in New York City participated in a poll on Friday exclusively for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies.
The poll asked a wide range of questions about issues affecting the city and the country as a whole, such as the candidates’ opinions on the current crime rate and whether or not they felt that the immigration wave was having an effect.
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What Study Says
As per the study, more than 70% of respondents held migrants in the city accountable for the present crime rate, with 41% stating that immigration had a “significant” impact and 31% stating a “fair amount” of impact.
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According to the poll, 10% stated immigration has no effect at all, while 18% said it is having a “small” influence.
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New citywide crime statistics for the month of April were issued earlier this month by the New York Police Department (NYPD), which stated: “Overall index crime across New York City dropped another 4.9 percent in the month of April compared to the same month last year.”
NYPD Found Real Report
Murder, grand larceny-auto, burglary, and felony assault are among the offenses that have decreased, according to NYPD statistics.
Significantly, April showed a further 15.5 percent drop in shooting events (60 vs. 71), translating into a 13.8 percent drop in gunshot victims (69 vs. 80).”
The NYPD said that as of the end of April, there had been a 15.9% decrease in the number of murders in New York City and an 18.7% decrease in the number of shootings, with 65 fewer victims overall.