Talk:Crime in Harlem

Issues raised during DYK review

Anyone who wants to work on this article might be interested to read this discussion which took place during a DYK review. Aloha, groupuscule (talk) 17:38, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Misused references

References are being badly misused in this article. I've fixed or deleted three cases where references were being misused. One statement, in the present tense, claimed that crime has worsened since the 1980s. While that might have been true in 1995, when the source was published, it's probably no longer true. Another source discussed prostitution during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, yet the article presented its claims as contemporary. A third described crime in Harlem in fiction, yet the article presented the information as fact. These were just the first few I found -- this article needs a major overhaul. Pburka (talk) 03:41, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

POV tag

I am concerned that this article is trying to depict Harlem as an area that is getting progressively more violent. According to CompStat statistics for the 23rd, 25th, 28th, 30th, &32nd Precincts, crime has gone down between 60% and 80% from 1990 to 2018. With that in mind, here are just a few dubious/false claims that I've removed:

• Harlem ... is known as one of the worst areas for poverty and crime in New York City and the United States - This is sourced to a single handbook. And there are much more violent areas in NYC. Like Brownsville.
• Violence, especially in East Harlem, has worsened since the 1980s with crack cocaine and other drug addictions. - It peaked in the 1990s but has consistently declined since then.
• According to a survey published in 2013 by Union Settlement Association, residents of East Harlem perceive crime as their biggest single concern; at the same time, the police department's statistics show an increase in crime by 17 percent over the previous year. - One year is insufficient evidence of rising crime.

These claims are just in the lead alone. I haven't checked the rest of the article, but I think it may be like that. As a result, I have tagged this article with {{POV}}. epicgenius (talk) 15:51, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

It's been a few years and a lot has changed but I edited the introduction to make it clear while crime rates are still high they are lower than historic highs. Homicide is the leading cause of death for young black males, not all black males. In the last few years Harlem has experienced a significant resurgence in violent crime as well which is mentioned. Harlem has long had one of the highest violent crime and poverty rates in New York City, going back many decades. In 2021 for example, the 25th precinct in East Harlem had the highest murder rate of all precincts in New York City. 72.69.242.98 (talk) 22:27, 16 February 2022 (UTC)