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Crime at city housing projects increased 2.4 percent last year, even as the city enjoyed a historically low crime rate overall.

Rapes surged by 20 percent, from 153 to 184, city records show. Assaults went up 7 percent, from 2,138 in 2015 to 2,292 in 2016.

Burglaries rose 4 percent in the past year, from 401 to 416, while grand larcenies increased by 1 percent, from 1,043 to 1,052.

Homicides dropped 8 percent, from 52 in 2015 to 48 in 2016.

One out of five shootings in New York last year took place on NYCHA property, records show. There were 190 shootings last year, down 17 percent from 229 shootings in 2015.

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