Agencies will never know the effects of any new crime reduction.

And a lot of people deserve credit for the crime reduction.

During the early 1990s, Taylor made crime reduction a major priority.

They are used to plan, and measure the results of, crime reduction or perception measures.

At the center of the Giuliani legacy is crime reduction.

But for what the city gets back in crime reduction, it's well worth it.

But, he said, "there is still that focus on crime reduction and making arrests."

Whatever the reasons, the crime reductions have benefited virtually every corner of the city.

If crime reduction is the most celebrated success story of the Giuliani years, public education may be the opposite.

"That's not to diminish the fact that crime reduction was an economic catalyst."