Crime Rises in Brooklyn Across the Board
This ain’t good. A crappy economy combined with a municipal budget crisis sounds like a recipe for a rise in crime. Sure enough, that’s what’s going on in Brooklyn right now, according to The Daily News. The number of robberies in the 84th Precinct (Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights) more than doubled in the first…
This ain’t good. A crappy economy combined with a municipal budget crisis sounds like a recipe for a rise in crime. Sure enough, that’s what’s going on in Brooklyn right now, according to The Daily News. The number of robberies in the 84th Precinct (Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights) more than doubled in the first three months of the year. In the 72nd precinct (Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park), burglaries were up 120% in the same period, and in the 67th Precinct (Flatbush) they were up 51%. “You have all these kids hanging out without jobs and it’s combustible; that and a decrease in the number of cops on the streets is a bad combination,” said City Councilwoman Letitia James. “That combination has lead to, and will lead to, an increase in violent crime.” In related news, the man accused of two rapes last month in Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill was taken into custody over the weekend.
Brooklyn Fears Crime Wave [NY Daily News]
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To think that its “kids without jobs” that are doing these crimes. Its ALWAYS ” kids without jobs”, even during low crime eras.
Don’t forget Park Slope DIBS. People might get offended you are insinuating Park Slopers aren’t rich enough to rob.
Depends where you live, tybur6. The thugs know where to go for the money…Downtown Brooklyn and BH…I feel very safe in Bed Stuy.
Should I start locking my doors again?
Hmmmmnnnn..Crappy economy, municipal budget cuts and um, um…uh.
MORE MONEY IN THE BOROUGH?
More people with money = more crime.
The crime stats have been “massaged” for over 15 years. Now the cops need a bargaining chip to protect their outrageous overtime and generally corrupt budgets. Crime now dramatically increases. Coincidence? Nah.
% change isn’t a very useful statistic if rates were low the year before – which they were.
Well, it’s going on in Manhattan too.
This may quickly turn into a “see now why home prices will come down?” / “read the data dumbass theyre going up” thread