Homicides and Crime in New York City - New York Times Interactive GraphicMurder in New York: Killers and Their Victims in the Five Boroughs Between 2003 and 2005, 1,662 murders were committed in New York. Men and boys were responsible for 93 percent of the murders; their victims tended to be other men and boys; and in more than half the cases, the killer and victim knew each other. In addition, an interesting, though uncommon, group of murders involved a handful of vic
