I've previously mentioned that New York was the most polite city and now they've been named the safest big city for 2005. Crime in the Big Apple has dropped %17.7 since 2001!

When I visited, I felt pretty safe everywhere but Chinatown (everything was closed and it was quite dark!). Terrorism funding leading to increased police presence just about everywhere has definitely helped. The influx of upper middle class residents displacing some less desired housing possibly has helped too. Either way, NYC has come a long way from the seedy past of the 70s and 80s.

Labels: law enforcement, new york