Where there's a will, there is a way

Source: Police Department City of New York

New York law enforcement classes murder, rape, robbery, felonious assault and GLA (I think) as violent crime. Between 1998 and 2007 the change was -53%.

New Zealand's violent crime rose from 40,221 in 97/98 to 52,883 in 06/07 - a change of +31%