fort greene
Image via The Trace.With the proliferation of shootings — some fatal, some not — in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this year, it doesn’t really come as a surprise to see so many red, yellow, and green arrows on this map [http://www.thetrace.org/2015/12/gun-deaths-interactive-map-2015/] of the
fort greene
Image via NYPD.The second week in December saw a slight increase in crime compared to the week before [/blog/2015/12/11/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-30-december-9/] (16 versus 12 incidents [/blog/2015/12/11/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-30-december-9/] ), although felony assaults, housing crimes, and petit larceny went down. Shootings jumped up to 2 victims in
fort greene
Image via NYPD.The week after Thanksgiving saw an almost 50% drop in overall crime from the week before (22 incidents) [/blog/2015/12/04/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-23-29/] and it was even the lowest in the past month (with 14 incidents from November 16-22 [/blog/2015/12/01/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-16-22/] and 19 from
Police & Fire
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beac
fort greene
Image via NYPD.We see-sawed back up in reported crimes Thanksgiving week compared to the week prior, with 22 total incidents in major crime categories, compared to last week’s 14 [/blog/2015/12/01/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-16-22/] and the previous week’s 19 [/blog/2015/11/20/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-november-9-15-reduced-crime/]. This was also
fort greene
Image via NYPD.The good news: there was a decrease in all but one major crime category during the week before Thanksgiving, leaving us with a drop overall, as well (14 compared to 19 from the previous week [/blog/2015/11/20/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-november-9-15-reduced-crime/]). That one category that saw an uptick
crime statistics
Image via NYPD.Compared to last week [/blog/2015/10/13/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-september-28-october-4/] , crime went up in these categories: * murder (from 0 to 1) * robbery (from 2 to 4) * burglary (from 1 to 2) * grand larceny (from 9 to 10) * misdemeanor sex crimes (from 0 to 1) * shootings (from 0 to
crime statistics
Image via NYPD.There were fewer murders, but more injured people via shootings this week, compared to last week (July 27 to August 2 [/blog/2015/08/11/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-slight-rise-in-crime-across-most-categories-for-last-week-of-july/] ), and a drop in misdemeanor assaults at the same time that felony assaults ticked up. Reported crime fell in the following
88 precinct
Image via NYPD.While May ended with crime falling across the board in almost all categories [/blog/2015/06/09/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-may-ends-with-falling-crime-rates-in-most-categories/] , the first week of June saw more modest reductions and balances. In the major crime categories, slight upticks occurred in the number of reported robberies (from 1 to 7)
88th precinct
Image via the NYPD [www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/home/home.shtml].Between last week [/blog/2015/03/31/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-slight-increases-almost-every-category/] and this week, the numbers of reported robberies, transit crimes and housing crimes all stayed the same. Meanwhile, decreases were seen in burglaries (from 1 to 0) and misdemeanor
crime statistics
This week saw an increase in overall crime (20) compared to the previous week [/blog/2015/01/21/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-january-5-11/] (20), as well as an increase in rapes (one more), robbery (from 5 to 9), burglary (from 2 to 4), and auto thefts (from 0 to 1). There was also a
61st Precinct
In the first meeting of the 61st Precinct Community Council of 2014, the 61st Precinct’s executive officer, Captain Faison, reflected on the past year, focusing on the increase in domestic violence [/video-61st-precinct-captain-says-domestic-violence-cause-of-crime-increase-during-year-end-report/] . Filling in for precinct’s commanding officer, Captain John M. Chell, Faison noted that crime was down