Thirty-six people have died due to the increasing temperatures and crimes have also increased because of it.  Has the heat and the hot summer just wanted to make everyone get a little crazy? Hit the jump for details on the national crimes and why the crime rate increases.

Steph Bassanini

As temperatures across the U.S show little sign of cooling down the country is experiencing a nasty side effect to the heatwave.
4,500 temperature records have been broken in one week and 36 people have died in weather-related incidents.
And adding to the death toll is an unwelcome spike in the number of murders being committed.

Over the course of just five days New York City has seen 16 murders, around twice the average rate, in an alarming trend that is playing out in several states.
Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. described the increase as a ‘brewing cauldron of trouble’.
‘People are legitimately alarmed for what the future holds’ he told the New York Post.
The most recent killing took place yesterday in Queens, when thugs armed with an AK-47 followed their victims to a quiet street and showered their SUV with 63 bullets.

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