88th Precinct Crime Statistics: Petit Larcenies Jump Four-Fold While Felony Assaults Fall In The First Week Of July

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The first week of July (June 29 through July 5) saw some sharp increases in some areas alongside moderate decreases in other categories, compared to the previous week, in the 88th Precinct.

Reported crime fell in the following categories:

  • robberies (from 1 to 0)
  • felony assaults (from 7 to 2)
  • housing (from 3 to 0)
  • shootings (from 1 to 0)

Meanwhile, crime jumped in these categories:

  • grand larcenies (from 4 to 9)
  • petit larcenies (from 5 to 21)
  • misdemeanor assaults (from 3 to 6)
  • misdemeanor sex crimes (from 0 to 1)

And they stayed the same here:

  • burglaries and auto thefts (one each)

Let us — and the local police — know if you hear of or witness a crime in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill!

The NYPD’s National Night Out festival will be held on Tuesday, August 4 at Fort Greene Park (DeKalb Avenue and Washington Park) from 11am-7pm AND at the Walt Whitman Houses at 117 North Oxford Walk from 5-8:30pm.

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.