DETROIT — The city recorded 252 homicides last year — its lowest total since 1966 — while nonfatal shootings declined for the fourth straight year, according to preliminary statistics released Monday by Detroit police. Overall, violent crime in Detroit fell 1.6% from 2022-23, with carjackings dropping 33.5% to a level unseen since the term “carjacking” was coined by The Detroit News in 1991. But property crime in Michigan’s largest city rose 1.7% in 2023 over the previous year, driven partly by an 8% increase in larcenies, Detroit Police Department statistics show. Motor vehicle thefts dropped…