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Cambridge says crime at 55-year low

The Cambridge Police Department today released statistics that showed another drop in crime rates in 2016 - to the lowest point since 1961.

According to CPD, 271 violent crimes were reported in Cambridge last year, a 7% drop from 2015. Property crimes decreased 8%, the department says.

Violent crime last year was down 75% from 1990 - the most violent year in city records.

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More fake news from the People's Republic!

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how do residents FEEL about crime? That is more important. I think if you ask around people in Cambridge BELIEVE that crime is on the rise. I think they FEEL less safe. If not then why does everyone lock their doors nowadays? They sure didn't 55 years ago.People are terrified. This liberal city is a disaster. Total disaster. Only I can fix it folks. No one is tougher on crime than me, okay? We will have Law and Order, Dick Wolfe will come here himself and straighten this out. I will hire Ice T to be Sherriff. I will hire the best people. The guy that dresses as the Easter Bunny every year? He will be my press secretary. Remember folks, total disaster, only I can fix. Bigly
Marco (unverified) for Supreme Leader of Cambridge 2018!

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Good for Cambridge. A nice place to live, with too many banks
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No one lives in Cambridge anymore. It's too expensive.

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guarantee it. But Cambridge has never been a very violent crime ridden place.

One word: GENTRIFICATION; many of the people who statistically would be responsible for most violent and property crime can not afford to live there. Ditto, to an even greater extent, Brookline.

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What's going on in Cambridge is gentrification, plus low-income subsidized, plus foreign investors.

Does Brookline have lots of subsidized housing?

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Cambridge = Wellesley East

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yoga pads and loose granola.

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Tell that to the jerk who stole my cheap ass bicycle wheels last night.

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That's where the statistics come from.

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