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Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik released the latest crime figures today showing that crime in New York City continues to decline. CompStat figures from last week, November 19th through November 25tth, show that total index crime reached the lowest level since the week of September 11th and was down 2.6 percent from the same period last year. There were 3,147 index crimes last week compared to 3,231 index crimes during the same week last year. Overall crime this year is down 12.77 percent over last year and more than 62 percent from eight years ago. Murder is down 7.4 percent this year over last year and down more than 67 percent from eight years ago.

"The most recent CompStat figures show that New York City's crime rate continues to decline this year, building upon the tremendous gains we have achieved over the last eight years," the Mayor said. "The men and women of the NYPD, and all of their partners in the community, should be commended for leading the nation in the fight against crime. The NYPD is committed to utilizing innovative techniques and redeploying resources wherever they are needed most to drive crime down even further."

Police Commissioner Kerik said, "Since the end of last year, crime continues to drop, with a 12.77% decrease since last year. As the holiday season has just started, the key to our continued success is enforcement of all quality-of-life issues. We have a comprehensive plan which addresses the issues which surface during the holiday season and I am confident that our success will continue."

The Police Department released the following year-to-date statistics for the seven felony categories that comprise total index crime:

	2001	2000	Percent Change
Murder	573	619	- 7.4%
Rape	1,786	1,909	- 6.4%
Robbery	25,045	29,185	- 14.2%
Fel. Assault	21,210	23,813	- 10.9%
Burglary	29,098	34,690	- 16.1%
Grand Larceny	41,060	44,334	- 7.4%
GLA	26,803	32,331	- 17.1%
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Total	145,575	166,881	- 12.77%