New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-23
ST4TISTICS OF CRIME.
COMPARISONS MADE BY ACTING CHIEF
CONLIN
sr.rr,,rNT INTENDED TO SHOW THAT THERE
is NO INCREASE OF CRIME THIS
YEAR OVER LAST.

YEAR OVER LAST
A comparative statement OF thH NUMBER OF ar
ros,s made in this city in the months OF June July
August. September and october, In the years 1871
and 1896 respectively, was Issued iast hieht OS
Act;nU chief of Police Conlin. Following Is sum-
mary of the statement, which was made In elaborate
detail:
ocG months Of iSsi-Jnne III July 1885, August,
ga: september 6S; October So total 800; Ng an
, per nm SS4 October, 6ii total. S,s2l oo.
Number Of crimes asanst propeTy ~ fs 6cober
80. total 3l29 Number in lS5-June. 69S july
SO; August 690 September, 5'6 OCTOBER oo-' 'o'a'
Sls5.
In reviewing the tabular statements. Acting Chief
Conlin says in substance:
son v We're 81 greater in 1894 This increase is
more noticeable in the group OF Assaults OF b
daNnitions-the increase being 3S6 or AZ more IMAM
the total increase. There has been a general ue,
crease in the arrests for all phases OF crime agaTs
u ure the headings Homicide" Murder and
Mansaueher (Which include al homicid S htT yea
tona ustifable and accidental thst tnc nhar
an increase of seven. This increase In the huHiDeI
arrests for assault Is MANY and the
with which the police have ha cr, 10 sranst prop
erty there viii be found an increase OF sixty-six
In the crimes of burglary, robbery and attemp,ed
whe in the arrests for the various degrees Of lar
ceny there decrease of forytWo' d me ino
creased
force but the entire Department were fuily awe
to the emergency-even more alert ana active INA"
they have ever been. :, .e ,.,,, .ho
The number of arrests for all Offences durlng me
months mentioned in 1894 42545 ana Tor the Same
n onths in 1896 the number was olboS, an increase
of 9iW Deducting the increase Of arrests Tor
crimes against the person and against properly
we find an increase of s6S In the NUMBER OF ar
rests for al minor offences certainly marked eVl-
dence of the increased zeal ana activity or the force
in the apprehension Of offenders. 49, ,oo. ~,
The average patrol force was Zelb IN 1857 anu
. 695 in 1896 an average decrease OF lo men IN ue
grade of patromen 1t therefore appears lnat tn ne
force of 1894 made average OF loll arreSts edcl
during the five months stated. and the force Oh
1895 an average of 1850 each. The hgures snow
that the number of crminally disposed has grown
less rapidly than the population or the CITY. II
il be argued that 9l0S arrests In 1888 thah IN
1894. indicates that number more or actuai OF
tenders such an argument would be misleading
more arrests In 1895 than force OF isis men IN
1894 and that the average arrests or each shouNd
be 40 more seem clearly to prove that each mem
Der of the force more active ana earnest IN
the performance Of his duties. II is natural 10
presume that whereas the force of 1894 was under
The cloud of public condemnation. and under the
circumstances would not act with hearty Vgor.
the force Of 1895. having partially recovered us
prestige has acted with an increased ardor against
a criminal population not appreciably greater IN
number or activity. The number Of arrests of
criminals has increased, though the number OF
criminals has not 800
one OF the best evidences that this is the proper
conclusion. and that crime is not increasing In
the CITY is shown by the fact that the number OF
felones reported in the station houses, ana Tor
which no arrests made, for the months OF
July August. September. October and November.
1894 was 0l4. and for the corresponding period In
1895. minus the few days that yet remain or this
month the number was 773, decrease OF al