88th Precinct Crime Statistics: Petit Larcenies Drop, But Other Crime Categories See Increases

The number of petit larcenies dropped this week compared to last week (August 10-16), but burglaries, felony assaults, and grand larcenies inched up.

Reported crime fell in the following categories:

• robberies (from 3 to 2)
• petit larceny (from 20 to 14)
• misdemeanor assault (from 4 to 2)

Meanwhile, crime rose in these categories:

• felony assault (from 2 to 4)
• burglary (from 2 to 6)
• grand larceny (from 4 to 8)
• housing (from 1 to 4)
• misdemeanor sex crimes (from 0 to 1)

And these stayed the same:

• auto thefts (1 incident)
• transit (1 incident)

The next 88th Precinct Community Council meeting will be in SEPTEMBER.

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.