New York vs Edmonton

I was surprised when I read this in the paper today. Apparently it took until February 21st for the first murder to occur in the New York region. What does this mean for tiny little Edmonton, which has already seen 4 homicides and countless other unaccounted-for second degree infractions?

Edmonton pop approx. = 1,000,000
New York pop approx. = 19,500,000 rounded is 20,000,000

4 / 1000000 = 0.0000040 per capita murder rate = 0.00040%
1 / 20000000 = 0.000000050 per capita murder rate = 0.00000050%

0.0000040 / 0.000000050 = 80 per capita murder rate = 8000%

Edmonton is approximately 8000 times more violent than the New York Region, per capita.

Either our police force is markedly ineffective, or there is a growing crime trend in our city that is not being addressed in the media or acknowledged by our citizens.