City Demographics and Crime Profile. New York City Demographics and Crime Profile.

New York City Demographics and Crime Profile
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Despite being one of the largest cities in the United States and the world, New York has a fair share of crime. The city demographic provides a diverse outlook of the population even though there are majorities and minorities. Over the years, crime in the city has been on a downward trend, making New York’s crime rate lower than that of some states in the U.S.
One of the social factors leading to crime is inequality within the city population. High unemployment is also another social factor leading to crime in the city. In 2018, New York recorded the highest disparity level between the 1% top earners and the rest of 99% (Seridan, 2020). The city’s unemployment which is a social factor, has been highlighted by the pandemic, which by May 2020, it had reached a record level of 14.5% as many people lost their jobs (Brennan, 2020). Individuals from low-economic status neighborhoods with no employment tend to turn to crime as their source of income. Socioeconomic status correlates negatives with criminality. Therefore, high income, high occupation level, high education leads to reduced crime and vice v...