And over the last five years, overall crime has dropped 50 percent, while murder is down 68 percent. This award should be shared by the men and women of the New York City Police Department, as well as by all New Yorkers who have risen to the challenge and helped turn our City around. Today, New York City is no longer the Crime Capital Of The World as it was five years ago. Last Sunday, when the FBI released its Uniform Crime Report for the first six months of 1998, New York City once again registered the lowest crime rate among cities with populations of one million or more. If you were to take into account smaller cities with populations over 100,000 people, New York City ranks 163rd out of the 197 cities reporting total crime index - a major achievement, considering that in 1993 we ranked 87th of the 187 cities on the list.
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