Mulrooney Report

Last week New York City had another chance to see how a gruff, sturdy Irish professional, up from the ranks, could handle its crime problem in a year of Depression. Police Commissioner Edward Pierce Mulrooney issued his report for 1932. Major crimes had decreased from 1931. Total felonies were 23,599 against 28,597. Crimes of violence went down from 6,815 to 6,634. There were 2,417 burglaries against 2,678 the previous year, 13,468 grand larcenies to 18,077.

On the dark side Commissioner Mulrooney found that criminal age limits were still going down. More youths between 16 and 20 were arrested (up from 38,959 to 39,186), though fewer of them had committed crimes of violence. Peak of the crime age lay between 26 and 30. Though there were eleven fewer than 1931's 489 murders and manslaughters, the Commissioner viewed with grave alarm the public's continued indifference and refusal to cooperate in bringing killers to justice.

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