Rochester is reporting its lowest crime statistics in nearly 40 years. Mayor Lovely Warren and Police Chief Mark Simmons released the stats in a news conference this afternoon. They say crime was down by 27 percent overall last year, hitting a 39-year-low. Chief Simmons says this is the benefit of community policing, and […]
Rochester’s homicide rate dropped significantly in 2017: from 42 in 2016 down to 29 last year. That’s a drop of more than 30 percent. Two of those 2017 deaths resulted from injuries that took place in 2016. A database compiled by the “Democrat and Chronicle” shows the lowest number of homicides since 2009, and only […]
New York’s Division of Criminal Justice Services has released statewide crime statistics for last year, showing major crimes at an all time low in 2016. The most serious crimes including assault, rape and murder fell by 20 percent over the last ten years. But a study by USA Today’s Albany bureau finds while major crimes […]