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In response to "I'm curious if there were more murders on TV in NYC than there actually were in NYC in real life in a recent year." by crash davis

523 reported murders in NYC in 2008. That's the equivalent of 21 NYC-based murder procedurals

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Sep 22 '09, 10:38

Assuming a murder rate of one per episode

http://home2.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cscity.pdf (home2.nyc.gov)

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That is way more than I would have guessed, like 300+ more. -- nm - Krusty Sep 22, 10:45 4
- 6 per 100,000 (compared with, say, 9 for Vegas, 10 for LA and at the top end 45 for Baltimore, 46 for Detroit) -- nm - Roger More Sep 22, 10:48 3
  - Baltimore needs to pick it up a bit, can't let Detroit win at anything. - Krusty Sep 22, 10:53
  - 46 per 100,000? that's astonishing to me. -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 10:50 1
    - Close to the rate in Guatemala -- nm - Roger More Sep 22, 10:52

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