The following link was posted to rec.arts.mystery newsgroup by Ian.
It's a graphic map of the homicides committed in New York City between 2003 - 2009. They number 3,402; an average of 540 a year.
For someone like me who comes from a small place with a population of about 70,000 which has a homicide rate you could count on the fingers of one hand each year, this is just mind-boggling.
You can mouse-over the map and read the statistics of each homicide. The age and ethnicity of the victim and perpetrator, the motive and the weapon used.
http://projects.nytimes.com/crime/homicides/map?hp
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That is staggering Sunnie
I don't think any Australian city could rival that.
BTW You need to correct the link- the URL has here: included
Link should be http://projects.nytimes.com/crime/homicides/map?hp
Yeah, it does put the safety of our own cities into perspective doesn't it. Thanks for letting me know about the link.
One almost thinks it doesn´t happen in real life. One of my husband´s fellow students was actually killed some twenty years ago, however - in boring, little Denmark.
And later I heard some law students discussing the case. Please let me have a good, fictional murder instead!
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