New York City: Blacks are 66% of all violent-crime suspects, according to the victims of and witnesses to those crimes, even though they are only 23% of the city’s population

Blacks commit around 70% of all robberies and about 80% of all shootings in New York City. Add Hispanic shooters, and you account for 98% of all shootings in the city. Whites, by contrast, were only 5% of all violent crime suspects in 2011 even though they are 35% of the city’s population. According to victim and witness reports, they commit barely over 1% of all shootings and less than 5% of all robberies.