Double-Digit Increase in Clinton Hill Crime Rate
The Daily News reports that there’s been a big jump in crimes in Clinton Hill so far this year, a rise that’s partially being blamed on a lack of fresh blood at the local precinct. The NYPD has recorded a 24 percent increase in robberies and a 43 percent jump in car theft in Clinton…
The Daily News reports that there’s been a big jump in crimes in Clinton Hill so far this year, a rise that’s partially being blamed on a lack of fresh blood at the local precinct. The NYPD has recorded a 24 percent increase in robberies and a 43 percent jump in car theft in Clinton Hill compared to this time last year. While four officers were scheduled to leave the 88th Precinct this year, the station got no new officers from the graduating Police Academy class; an NYPD source told the paper that new recruits are being assigned to cover the Atlantic Terminal Mall rather than joining the precinct. “You get the feeling that [the attacks are] brazen, and people don’t think they will be caught,” said one resident. “If you had police either in their cars or walking up and down the street, it wouldn’t happen.” Councilperson Letitia James says the rise in crimes is “very, very scary,” and some residents are spearheading a letter-writing campaign to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly asking that the NYPD assign more officers to the neighborhood.
Clinton Hill Quaking in Crime Wave [NY Daily News]
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Clinton Hill will be a war zone in a couple of years just like it use to be. I am not sure if the new people who moved in have any clue what it was like not so long ago. It is my opinion that property values will be hit the hardest here out of all other Brooklyn areas
Hmmmmm. White folks with money move into a black neighborhood with no money. Petty crime rate rises.
Go figure.
Yes, it looks as though, even at the height of the crack epidemic when NYC saw over 2000 murders, Park Slope still saw only 5 in its worst year.
I always thought it was more dangerous back then.
This type of crime increase might well be the work of only one or two bad guys. About three years ago we had a large spike in burglaries in Lefferts Manor, with something like 20 incidents. It turned out to be the work of ONE individual who was caught and is now serving a long prison sentence.
I said murders were up 23% in Brooklyn South – I parenthetically indicated that Cobble Hill and Park Slope are in Brooklyn South (which I mention b/c geographically – they are located in northern Brooklyn) –
I am not trying to mislead anyone – Park Slope has had ZERO murder YTD and Cobble Hill/Carrol Gardens/Red Hook – the 76th Precinct have had 2 YTD – last year there were ZERO for the year.
I also mentioned Brooklyn North numbers and parenthetically mentioned Clinton Hill (which is obviously just a small part of Brooklyn North)
Even in the worst year I dont think Park Slope (78th pct) ever had more than 5 homicides – the statistics I cite isnt about any one neighborhood – but to point out that Homicides (again the only really non-fudgeable crime statistic) are way up this year and I believe it is something the city needs to address immediately
Crime in New York has increased by 10,000% in the last 500 years.
Crime in New York has increased by 10,000% in the last 500 years.
Homer Simpson: Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that.
I think that crime is down so much that any little thing that happens people flip out. try living in a surburban area in New jersey or Florida and see how much crime there is you would be very suprised. There is more crime there than big cities. The police in those areas have no clue how to combat crime. Here in the city we have and have had the greatest minds in combating crimes. (jack Maple) (Bill Bratton) (Rudy) (Ray Kelly).