88th Precinct Crime Statistics: Crime Falls In All Major Categories, But Shootings Rise

Crime fell across the board this week compared to last week’s spike in all major categories: rape went from 1 to 0, robbery from 4 to 3, felony assault from 6 to 5, burglary from 4 to 1, grand larceny from 18 to 7, and auto thefts from 1 to 0.

Housing crimes also fell from 4 to 1, and misdemeanor sex crimes from 1 to 0.

There were a jump in shootings, however, compared to last week’s zero. Shooting incidents went from 0 to 3 — resulting in four victims.

Also up were petit larcenies, from 11 to 15, misdemeanor assaults, from 3 to 6.

The next 88th Precinct Community Council meeting is TONIGHT, Tuesday, May 19 at 7pm at the French Speaking Baptist Church, entrance at Vanderbilt and Willoughby Avenues.

CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We publish the week’s statistics for the 88th Precinct reports every week. The 88th Precinct is the police command that oversees Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.