Small victories

Seems that, in New York City, "homicides are on track to fall below 500 for the first time since reliable statistics became available 44 years ago".
Whoo-hoo. That's exciting news. As long as you're not one of the 500. That's about 1.5 a day, for the math-impaired out there.
However, success is evident; the 28th Precinct, up in Harlem, traditionally has over 100 homicides per year. This year, so far, only three...
Rapes, robberies, burglaries, grand larcenies and auto thefts also declined, compared with last year. Only felony assaults increased, to 16,864 from 16,801, a 0.3 percent rise.
Some of this is likely attributable to the change in the aging criminal population, but some of it has to be credited to the 35,400 officers in the NYPD.