After the shooting early last Wednesday morning [/blog/crime/one-dead-after-shooting-on-east-19th-street-early-wednesday-morning] , which marks the 12th homicide of the year for the 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml], we were interested in understanding how this number compares to years past and the overall crime rate