<Tr> <Th> Total property crime </Th> <Td> 1,518.7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Notes * Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population . * New York City did not report arson statistics Source: FBI 2016 UCR data </Td> </Tr> <P> Violent crime in New York City has been dropping since the mid-1990s and, as of 2017, is among the lowest of major cities in the United States . In 2017, there were 290 homicides, the lowest number since the 1940s . </P> <P> Crime rates spiked in the 1980s and early 1990s as the crack epidemic hit the city . According to a 2015 ranking of 50 cities by The Economist, New York was the 10th - overall - safest major city in the world, as well as the 28th - safest in personal safety . </P>

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