Black and Hispanic New Yorkers Are Half the City’s Population but Three-Quarters of Its Recorded Violent-Crime Victims Whose Race Is Known
Pick any year. The answer doesn’t change. Every year since 2018, Black New Yorkers have appeared as victims of murder, rape, robbery and felony assault combined at more than four times the White rate in NYPD’s own complaint records. Hispanic New Yorkers: roughly three times. For murder, it’s worse. In every full year from 2018 through 2025, Black New Yorkers