Crime rates rose sharply in the 20th century as more crimes ... Throughout the 20th century, there was an increase in violent crime. For example, gun crime grew by 90 per cent in the decade ...

Roaring ’20s Chicago was the epicenter of a wave of American inventions, like a new, more violent kind of organized crime and most ... “I mean, about the twentieth day of April?” ...

But, by the late 1960s, 160,000 people were living in East New York, and the neighborhood was becoming increasingly ...

After 1955, crime increased significantly, at a much faster rate than the increase in population. Violent crime increased, as did other types of crime. The number of murders fell, but this has ...

The 75th precinct has a violent crime rate that’s 84% higher than ... During the early 20th century, it was a thriving community of German, Italian, and Jewish immigrants, where neighbors ...