The NYPD Solved Just Fifty-Seven Percent of NYC's Murders in 2012

That's always comforting to know.

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The NYPD is very proud of the record-low murder rate that it saw in 2012, but they aren't as quick to say how many murder cases they actually solved. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the department only solved 57 percent of the city's murders last year:

The NYPD now says that it cleared 74.8% of the city's homicides in 2012, meaning that police made an arrest, or that the suspect couldn't be extradited, or was dead.

In 2011, the average national clearance rate for police departments across the country was 64.8 percent. This national figure hasn't been released for 2012, but the NYPD is slightly below the standard. The clearance rate has declined over the last few years, as the portion of unsolved murders was reportedly closer to 40 percent in 2009.

[via Gothamist]

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