New Bedford Police Department has released the crime data for 2015 and comparison to the crime rates in 2014.  

According to the 2015 crime data reports from the city of New Bedford, there has been a decline in violent crimes and property crimes while the homicide rate is "remarkably low for a city of New Bedford's size."

New Bedford Police and Mayor Jon Mitchell are contributing the lower rate of violent crime and property crime to the increase in law enforcement presence in the city and the "high standards and professionalism of the police department".

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