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]
Photo by jeffreywithtwof’s.
10:54, So how exactly is it that murders are up 23% as you say in “Park Slope and Cobble Hill” this year, when there have been ZERO?
Please explain your math.
If you work in “the field” I’m guessing that means as a mechanic who works on cop cars.
We need the Mayor to stop focusing on approving luxury condos and increase police presence throughout the entire city. These piece of shyt teens are doing a lot of damage all over NYC.
Sorry 11:22 not misinformed at all – it isnt “a couple” of extra murders it is 23 “extra” murders. and while yes it is still historically low (modern stats), the rate of increase is alarming (to anyone who works in this field) – especially when the city does not have the resources to address it and the Spitzer/Patterson administrations are paroling violent criminals at a much higher rate then in almost 2 decades.
Think of it like inflation – it is much harder to control inflation AFTER the trend is up – while it is only April, the trend in murder is decidedly up – and calls for immediate action.
BTW – all the other crime catagories (which are lower) are frankly so easily manipulated, re-classified or non-reported that they are of limited value.
Park Slope crime is down this year from 2007, which was already a record low.
Just talked to the guys at the station the other day. They said they don’t remember it ever being this quiet.
Good news.
where do people get their facts from? murders in 78th precinct are 0 this year, which serves Park slope and parts of Prospect heights. 10:54 if you are going to make up facts at least don’t have them be so easily proven incorrect. Now I’m going to verify you cobble hill comment.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs078pct.pdf
Hahaha. Oddly, these sorts of things don’t seems to happen in Park Slope. Interesting. I guess it must be all those scary strollers.
Anyone who gets excited by an increase in crime like 11:13 does is a real sick fuck.
YOU, my friend are scarier to me than most criminals.
Go get some therapy.
Actually morons.
Overall crime in the city is down.
Murder are up slightly, but STILL down over 35% from 2001.
You all do realize that the murder rate last year put NYC in the same category as Provo, Utah in terms of safety, right?
A couple extra murders this year is not a big deal. They go up and down. They really can’t go much lower than they already are given that 90% of them are done by/to people who know one another.
Lots of really misinformed people on this thread today. 10:54 and 11:13 lead that pack.
Economy down. Crime up. It’s that simple. After years of gentrification, the tide is reversing. Let’s hope there won’t be any sensational crime story that shocks the city or nation to break out from Brooklyn. Otherwise – watch out for your property value.