Crime on the rise?

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NYPD officers responding to robbery involved in shootout in Chelsea​


- Police officers got into a shootout while responding to a robbery in Chelsea early Friday morning.
It happened at 2:50 a.m. on West 21st Street at Sixth Avenue.
Plainclothes officers who were wearing NYPD windbreakers were working inside Club Doux when a bouncer told them a robbery was taking place in front of the club.
When the officers went outside and tried to intervene, police said the suspects fired at them.
The officers returned fire. No one was struck.

Two suspects fled in a silver Audi Sedan last seen heading westbound on West 21st Street, towards Seventh Avenue.
The suspects were generally described as wearing black hoodies.
Police found shell casings outside the nightclub.
It happened at the same location where a man was shot and a police cruiser struck by gunfire last week, on July 18.
West 21st Street was closed Friday morning between Fifth and Sixth avenues for the investigation, as was Sixth Avenue at 20th Street.
 

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New York City crime rates see staggering 30.5% increase in July​

As the heat continues to rise, so does the rate of crime in New York City.
According to NYPD statistics, crime in New York City increased by 30.5%, with 11,619 crimes in July 2022 compared to 8,906 in July 2021. Almost every category of crime increased last month, with the exception of rape, which decreased from 149 last year to 142 in July 2022 — a 4.7% decrease. The NYPD acknowledges that rape continues to be underreported.
Last month, the number of murders increased year-over-over from 35 in July 2021 to 47 in July 2022, a 34.3% change.
The number of grand larcenies saw a huge 40.6% spike from 3,262 crimes in July 2021 to 4,588 crimes in July 2022, and burglaries rose 25.6% from 1,055 in July 2021 to 1,325 in July 2022. Robberies saw a 37.2% increase compared to July 2021 (1,730 last month compared to 1,261 in 2021).

Auto theft incidents increased from 995 in July 2021 to 1,256 in July 2022, a 26.2% increase, while felony assaults increased from 2,149 crimes in July 2021 to 2,531 in July 2022, a 17.8% spike.

Hate crimes also saw a 50% increase year-over-year, with 54 crimes reported in July 2022 compared to 34 in July 2021. Hate crimes against the Jewish community saw the biggest spike, rising from 7 crimes reported in July 2021 to 15 in July 2022, a 114% increase.
“We know that any crime increase in our city is wholly unacceptable,” said Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell. “Everyone who lives, works, and visits here deserves to be safe, and the members of the NYPD will tolerate nothing less – but we cannot do it alone. When violent criminals are willing to carry illegal guns on our streets and brazenly shoot at innocent people, they must face real consequences. And when rampant, revolving-door recidivism erodes the public’s trust in the criminal justice system, we must make efforts to refocus that system on what matters most: the victims. All of us need to be pulling in the same direction, so that we can best deliver on the public-safety promise we make to every New Yorker, every day.”

Despite the rise in crime this month, the NYPD states that there has been an 8.7% decrease in the number of shootings year-to-date, with 63 fewer shooting victims throughout the first seven months of 2022 compared to the same period last year. The department also notes that murders year to date are down 4.2% through the end of July 2022.
 

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Major crime continues to surge in NYC, up 36% this year: new police data
The latest NYPD figures show major crime remains up 36% so far this year – even though shootings and murders both saw a dip of about 10% as of Sunday.

“The politicians will say ‘Murder is down!’ and ignore everything else,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.

“Meanwhile, everything else is God awful.”

Grand larceny was up a whopping 48.3%, from 20,374 to 30,205 incidents, auto theft rose 42%, from 5,589 to 7,939, and robbery jumped 39.8%, from 7,366 to 10,294, over the same period in 2021, the data show.

Rapes increased 10%, from 892 to 989, and felonious asasults were up 19.5%, from 13,086 to 15,640, the statistics show.

Meanwhile, murders were down 8.1%, from 284 to 261, the number of people shot dropped 7.4%, from 1,101 to 1,020, and the number of shooting incidents fell 10.1%, from 938 to 843, according to the NYPD data.

“Usually, during these really hot times, you end up with more violence,” Giacologne said. “Maybe it was too hot. But everything else is going off.”
Data on NYC crime
According to NYPD data, major crimes in New York City are up 36% so far this year.

He pointed out that shootings and homicides were up in 2021. making the decrease less noteworthy.

The data also show that murders so far this year were up 2% over the same period two years ago and 48.5% over the same period five years ago. The number of shooting victims and incidents also saw increases over those periods.

“We’ve probably lost two decades-worth of crime reductions, and that’s the real shame,” Giacalone said. “All those years of hard work by the Police Department is all gone in one year.”
The number of murders dropped 8.1% and the number of people shot went down 7.4% so far this year, according to the NYPD figures.

A police officer with more than two decades on the job said any current gains by the department are likely to be erased.

“Give it time,” the cop said. “They’re letting bad guys go home. There’s zero consequences for their actions.”
 

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West Village is epicenter of rising NYC crime: NYPD data
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Rising crime across NYC impacting businesses

The West Village is New York’s most fashionable neighborhood this year — for crooks.
The celebrity-packed enclave of tony brownstones, high-end boutiques and jazz clubs has been hit by a plague of theft and robbery — as it has suffered the biggest crime increase of any section of the Big Apple thus far in 2022, new NYPD data shows.
Through the middle of August, the NYPD’s 6th Precinct, which covers both the West Village and Greenwich Village, has seen crime spike 80% — fueled by a 103% increase in grand larceny and shoplifting, the data shows.
Residents and workers are fed up.
“It’s definitely getting worse,” Joe Abbas, owner of the Village Bazaar on 6th Ave., told The Post on Wednesday.
The NYPD’s 6th Precinct has seen crime spike 83% so far this year. The NYPD’s 6th Precinct has seen crime spike 83% so far this year.

Infographic of West Village, Manhattan Major crimes have increased drastically within the 6th Precinct.
“There’s always shoplifting. I always see police in the corner in the CVS. There’s always police outside.”

The data shows that the 6th Precinct — which is home to high profile residents such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Lawrence — has seen 1,380 major crimes in 2022, compared to 766 in the same period in 2021.

The bulk of that crime wave is attributable to a huge number of grand larcenies, which include shoplifting. So far there have been 802 this year, compared to the 394 recorded over the same period last year — a 103% rise, according to the figures.

Anisha Ghale, an employee at Karma Nepal Crafts on Bleeker Street, said the store had to use tactics more common in New York’s higher crime areas to ward off the thieves.

Anisha Ghale, an employee at Karma Nepal Crafts on Bleeker Street, said criminals are becoming fearless and strike again even if they were previously arrested. Anisha Ghale, an employee at Karma Nepal Crafts on Bleeker Street, said criminals are becoming “fearless” and strike again even if they were previously arrested.Robert Miller for NY Post
“For the jewelry trays, we had to put double sided tape underneath because they take the whole tray,” Ghale said. “We put tape underneath the trays so it takes some time for them to steal so we can stop them.”

“Crime is increasing day-by-day right now and they’re becoming really fearless,” she told The Post.

“Like even if we say ‘I’ll call 911’ they don’t care about it. They say ‘yeah you can do whatever you want. I don’t care.’ Even if the police come, they take them away, they come after 2 to 3 weeks and do the same thing again.”

Burglaries in the 6th Precinct, meanwhile, are up 119% this year, with 272 offenses compared to the 124 at this point last year.

An armed robber at Highline Convenience store in the 6th Precinct on June 21, 2022. An armed robber at Highline Convenience store in the 6th Precinct on June 21, 2022.DCPI
Several major crimes were up, with 10 rapes reported this year, as opposed to 7 last year and two murders in 2022 as opposed to none in 2021. The only bright spots were that there have been no shootings so far this year in the precinct and a nearly 4% drop in felonious assaults.

Some blamed this disturbing rise in thefts and general crime on bail reform — as under the new rules, virtually all larceny suspects get released without having to post bail or bond.

“This whole bail reform has to go,” Kevin Jackson, the general manager of John’s of Bleecker Street pizzeria, insisted.

“Our biggest issue is with the homeless bothering the customers with the outdoor dining … Some of them do have weapons. I had a knife pulled on me about four months ago. It’s a dangerous situation,” he said.

“I don’t even call (the police) anymore, I just to try shoo them away and they give you a hard time. I basically just guide them away from the customers.”

Lobsang Tsering, an employee at La Vid Wine & Spirits, told The Post that he called the cops on a homeless guy once — only for him to brazenly return to the Sixth Avenue store days later.

“Sometimes homeless people come inside and they don’t want to leave, they sit in here,” Tsering said. “One homeless guy told me ‘call (the) police I want to go to jail’. Then in two days, he’d return back.”

In other precincts in city that have long seen high crime rates, the latest 2022 crime data is just as grim. For example, in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, major crimes are up to 2,238 this year compared to 1,518 in 2021 — 47.4% increase.

Still, the 6th Precinct isn’t the only Manhattan upmarket area that has seen a sharp increase in crime.

Kevin Jackson, the General Manager of John’s of Bleecker Street, blamed bail reform for the area's crime surge. Kevin Jackson, the General Manager of John’s of Bleecker Street, blamed bail reform for the area’s crime surge.Robert Miller for NY Post
The usually low-crime 1st Precinct, which covers the Financial District, is No. 7 on the list of highest crime increases — with a 65% spike this year.

Major crimes in the neighborhood encompassing Wall Street are up to 1,152 compared to the 696 that occurred over the same period last year, the figures show.
“The criminals know now that they can go into the high price areas and there’s no consequences. So now they can go to the 6th Precinct, the 1st Precinct where the tourists are and it’s the same as being in an higher crimes neighborhood,” a veteran Manhattan cop told The Post.
“Why rob someone there when you can rob someone that’s rich and there’s no consequences?”

The 10 NYPD commands south of 59th Street — known as Patrol Borough Manhattan South — have seen a huge 51% increase in felony crime, driving a 36% overall spike in major crimes citywide compared to the same period in 2021, figures show.

In Chelsea, which is overseen by the NYPD’s 10th Precinct, major crimes are up nearly 39% — a few percentage points higher than the current citywide rate.

Grand larceny in that neighborhood is up 48% to 418 reported incidents so far this year from 282 last year, the data shows.

“The captain at the local precinct seems to be listening but his story seems to be the same thing every time. It’s like ‘hey we arrest these people but they’re back on the street within hours’,” Chelsea resident, Barry Sutton, 59, told The Post.

“So there just doesn’t seem to be a whole lot they can do.”
 

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Crime up and housing down in mixed report card for mayoral transition period​

The findings showed a city that is far safer than it was during the crime epidemic of the 1980s, but one struggling to contain a recent rise in felonies.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office released a report Friday on the city's financial condition.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office released a report Friday on the city's financial condition.Andrew Harnek/AP Photo
NEW YORK — Violent crime soared and more people were sent to jail, while housing production plummeted and student attendance hit a five-year low in a 12-month period covering the start of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and the end of his predecessor’s tenure, new data Friday showed.
An annual report of detailed data from every city agency revealed the trends, while also highlighting the new mayor’s focus on making his administration more responsive and accessible to the city’s 8.4 million residents.

Adams ran for mayor last year on a promise of making the city safer and more customer friendly.
To that end, the 506-page Mayor’s Management Report delivered mixed marks for the city’s 110th leader:
— The report depicted a city crawling its way out of the Covid-19 pandemic, which temporarily decimated sectors of New York’s economy and disrupted the lives of more than 1 million public school students.
— The findings showed a city that is far safer than it was during the crime epidemic of the 1980s, but one struggling to contain a recent rise in felonies.
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This happened right by a building we did a really top notch restoration in around the turn of the century (it sold again recently and it looked like the only thing different was the kitchen cabinets had been painted white over the clear maple we installed). It's considered a "prime area."
Danish Tourist Shot in the Back During NYC Robbery Early Sunday

A Danish tourist walking the streets of Manhattan's Upper West Side during the wee hours of Sunday morning was shot during a robbery gone wrong, police said.

The man, 31, was at West End Avenue and West 103rd Street at 3:30 a.m. when he was approached by a man demanding his property.

The tourist refused and kept walking, police said - at which point the assailant shot him and fled toward Broadway.

The Danish man was taken to Mt. Sinai Morningside in stable condition. Further details on the suspect were not immediately available.
 

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It looks like FiDi might be following in West Village footsteps.
NYC’s Financial District now blighted with spiking crime, vagrants
Once one of the hottest neighborhood in NYC, the Financial District is now simply a dumpster fire, residents and workers told The Post.
In early September at least four trash fires were set along Cliff, William and Water streets. They were quickly extinguished, but the crime and filth blighting this once-sleepy neighborhood, bound by Chambers Street, the West Side Highway, the Battery and the East River, have only worsened.

Emboldened crooks and vagrants have been robbing and assaulting locals without restraint while businesses are regularly looted by brazen shoplifters.

“It’s gotten more outlandish,” Keith Ruiz, 29, a concierge at 71 Broadway, said about criminal activity in the neighborhood. Perps “come down to Wall Street because they know where the money is. … It’s all money-driven crime.”
Pisillo Italian Panini co-owner Antonella Silvio stores a baseball bat below the counter of her store to combat crime. Pisillo Italian Panini co-owner Antonella Silvio stores a baseball bat below the counter of her store to combat crime.J.C. Rice
NYPD data for the 1st Precinct, which includes the Financial District, shows major crimes have increased 50% this year, compared to 33% citywide. Burglary is up 70%, robbery 15%, felony assault 16%, and rape 55%.
Crimes in the past year include:
  • A Queens woman randomly slashed an 82-year-old doorman in the head with a machete on Stone Street and Broadway before blinding him with bear spray in September.
  • A 19-year-old slashed and robbed an 84-year-old man on Exchange Place near Broad Street in August, taking off with his watch and cell phone.
  • A man unsuccessfully tried to steal a woman’s French Bulldog worth thousands of dollars and in the process slammed her head into the revolving glass door at 61 Broadway in July.
  • A man swiped the cash in the register at Pisillo Italian Panini at Nassau and Ann Streets while the staff was in the back of the restaurant in April, causing co-owner Antonella Silvio to store a baseball bat below the counter.
“I’m hoping that the new mayor can do something more for the police, but it seems that nothing’s moved yet,” Silvio said.
Even some luxe buildings have become hotbeds of drug deals and other unseemly activity.
Ashley Weil, a 28-year-old beauty buyer, said a neighbor in her John Street building was pistol-whipped for telling new tenants operating an unlicensed tattoo parlor on her floor that their music was too loud. After more than a year of complaints from several neighbors, the raucous residents were finally evicted this summer.
“What happened in our building was alarming,” Weil said. “I never imagined anything like that would happen in FiDi.”
The New York street sign showing Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange. Emboldened crooks and vagrants have been robbing and assaulting locals without restraint in the Financial District.

At the TJ Maxx on Wall Street, where racks can be stocked with $250 Balmain t-shirts and $600 Gucci sweaters, one employee complained about a surge in merchandise theft during the pandemic, often by the same crooks. Police data shows 911 calls to the location are up to 40 through Sept. 22, compared to 20 in 2021 and 14 in 2019.
“There’s a homeless guy who sings on the street,” said the 57-year-old employee. “He comes here and takes T-shirts and underwear — free!”
Lawyer Thomas Kenniff, a Republican who ran and lost against soft-on-crime Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg last November, attributed the spike in crime to lower foot traffic in the neighborhood alongside lax bail laws.

In early September at least four trash fires were lit up along Cliff, William and Water streets.
In early September, at least four trash fires were lit up along Cliff, William and Water
What was once a hotspot to live in NYC, the Financial District has become a hotbed for crime.
What was once a hotspot to live in NYC, the Financial District has become a hotbed for crime.
Although the fires were quickly extinguished, the crime and filth blighting the Financial District only continues.
Although the fires were quickly extinguished, the crime and filth blighting the Financial District only continues.
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911 calls from TJ Maxx in the area are up to 40 through Sept. 22.Stefan Jeremiah for New York Pos
“The office buildings in Manhattan are less than half full from everything I’ve observed, and that creates fertile soil for homelessness or criminals who feel that they have an area of operation,” Kenniff said.
Unhinged hobos in particular have been terrorizing locals throughout the neighborhood.

Masud Khan, 22, who works at a Dunkin Donuts on Fulton Street, said that an angry beggar smashed a co-worker’s nose earlier this year with the store’s plexiglass protector, while resident Anthony Sabella, 37, said that he witnessed a man masturbating “onto the emblem of a Mercedes Benz.”
Unhinged homeless people have been terrorizing locals throughout the neighborhood. Unhinged homeless people have been terrorizing locals throughout the neighborhood.J.C. Rice
“It’s becomes a free-for-all,” said Adam Weiss, CEO of AMW PR. “I don’t remember this neighborhood before having such bad presence.
 

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Overall crime rate continues to rise in September 2023

September sees continued rise in most major crimes in New York City​

With few exceptions, crime continues to be on the rise throughout New York City.
According to NYPD statistics, crime in New York City increased by 15.2%, with 11,057 crimes in September 2022 compared to 9,596 in September 2021. Almost every category of crime increased last month, with the exceptions being murder, which saw a 23.5% decrease in September 2022 with 39 reported cases compared to 51 in September 2021, and felony assaults decreased from 2,218 crimes in September 2021 to 2,189 in September 2022, a slight 1.3% decrease.
The number of grand larcenies saw a 21.3% increase from 3,753 crimes in September 2021 to 4,552 crimes in September 2022, and burglaries rose 22.7% from 1,148 in September 2021 to 1,409 in September 2022. Robberies saw a 16.4% increase compared to September 2021 (1,508 last month compared to 1,295 in 2021).

Auto theft incidents increased from 1,000 in September 2021 to 1,215 in September 2022, a 21.5% increase, while rape increased from 131 in September 2021 to 145 in September 2022. The NYPD acknowledges that rape continues to be underreported.


“One crime victim is one victim too many, and the hardworking women and men of the NYPD are committed to ensuring that no one – in any New York City neighborhood – is harmed by violence or disorder,” said Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell. “Our strategies to suppress violence, to seize illegal guns, and to hold criminals accountable for their actions are beginning to gain traction. But the NYPD cannot shoulder this work alone. Our entire criminal justice system, and all of our government and community partners, must pull in the same direction and remain focused on our shared goal: the safety of everyone who lives, works, and visits New York City. We have seen too much revolving-door recidivism. We have seen too many well-intentioned reforms exploited. Most importantly, we must shatter the perception among criminals that there are no consequences for violent crime, and realign our system to center on those who matter most: crime victims. At the NYPD, we will never stop delivering on our public-safety promise, and we need every sector of our society to make the same pledge to see that promise fully realized.”

The number of citywide gun arrests in the first three quarters of 2022 stands at a 27-year-high. Citywide shooting incidents decreased by 13.2% (118 v. 136), driven by significant declines in Brooklyn, southern Queens, the Bronx, and northern Manhattan.

Citywide gun arrests in September rose by 7.4% compared to the number of gun arrests effected in September 2021, and is driving a 5.0% increase in gun arrests through the first nine months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021. The NYPD noted that 13 victims and 13% of arrests in shootings involved people 18 years old.
“We will not take our foot off the gas, we will continue to fight crime and remain hard,” said Sewell.
“Our cops are active. We are out there,” said Chief of Transit James Wilcox.
 

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1 DEAD, 3 OTHERS INJURED IN CHELSEA SHOOTINGS JUST BLOCKS APART

One man was killed and two other victims were injured in a late-night shooting in Chelsea. Chantee Lans has the details.
CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police man the corner of 10th Avenue and West 25th Street just feet away from the popular upscale event venue Lavan 541, where a shooting happened outside.

It was a bloody 24 hours in Chelsea after there were two shootings just blocks apart. One of them was a triple shooting that left a Queens man dead.

"It was kind of scary," said Mark Barez.

Mark Barez, who is on the wait staff, heard the gunshots on Saturday night while working inside the event space.

"We saw a lot of police officers and ambulances, so we don't know actually what happened, but we know that something bad happened," added Barez.

Five hours later, there was another shooting just blocks away on West 23rd Street. This time, a man was shot in the chest. He is expected to survive.

The violence is sending shockwaves to residents.

"It's scary, you're afraid to go out," said Katie Murphy.

As police investigate, detectives released new details on the victims outside the venue

Rasithamar Grant of Rosedale, Queens was killed.

Police confirm a 32-year-old woman shot in her left is a Correction Department assistant deputy warren. A 37-year-old man was also shot.
No arrests have been made.
 

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NYC brokers contend with the rise of client concerns over crime​

Heightened perception of danger causing buyers to hesitate, resi agents say​

“If it bleeds, it leads” is a guiding principle in the tabloid business, but the perceived rise of crime in New York City has leapt off front pages to residential brokers’ business.
A bruising election cycle and relentless media coverage has made crime a top concern among New York City residents and observers. The reality is more complicated than sound bites portray: Overall crime is down from recent decades, and while murders and shootings are still up from pre-pandemic levels, anxiety has far outpaced the increases in certain types of crime.

Brokers say the perception of danger as a growing part of life in New York City has made clients nervous.
“There’s a lot of contradictory information but it certainly affects every aspect of life in Manhattan, including real estate,” said Compass broker Pamela D’Arc.

Added scrutiny from public officials and media attention add an extra wrinkle for brokers already contending with a slowing market. Conversations are difficult with both out-of-town buyers and clients looking to move to other boroughs.
“It’s something that’s come up a lot more than in the past when I’m working with buyers,” Robinson said. “Especially buyers purchasing homes for their children.”
Brokers find themselves confronted by uncomfortable questions from home shoppers, who suddenly have another reason not to shy away from a purchase. Navigating conversations about local crime, safety and homeless populations is tricky, because brokers can’t steer buyers to or away from specific neighborhoods or discuss neighborhood demographics for concern of violating fair housing laws.

For brokers who are also New Yorkers, crime isn’t an abstract issue. Robinson said she relates to clients’ concerns, built on fear over reported incidents like a man following her onto a subway car earlier this year.
“Something needs to change,” Robinson said. “I’ve been nervous to walk the dogs before the sun comes up or after it goes down.”
Robinson said many of her buyers are moving closer to where they work or their children’s schools to avoid the subway.

Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain who made crime a key point of his campaign, recently unveiled a plan to hospitalize homeless New Yorkers deemed unable to provide for their own basic needs, even against their will. Critics have questioned its enforcement and potential consequences.
“It’s hard to react the same way as a person and as an agent,” Coldwell Banker Warburg president Frederick Warburg Peters said on the policy as the latest challenge for brokers balancing the city’s reality with its perception.
“As a person, one desperately wants better services for the mentally ill and I’m pretty unconvinced that what Adams is proposing is much more than a Band-Aid,” he said. “Speaking as a broker, obviously anything which gives the greater appearance of safety to the city is good for us.”

When questions about crime and safety arise, Peters recommends brokers avoid advising clients on quality-of-life issues.
“I will sometimes make economic arguments to people but about a quality-of-life issue, really they’ve got to be the ones to decide,” he said. “In that situation I would undoubtedly say I’ve lived in the city my whole life, I’ve seen crime ebb and flow but this is your decision and it’s a big financial decision and you’ve got to feel comfortable about it.”
 

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Just a couple of random incidents which keep making New Yorkers feel crime isn't under control:

 

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NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for December 2022​

January 5, 2023
Overall index crime, shootings continue declines in December; end-of-year data released
Overall index crime in New York City decreased for the second straight month in December 2022, declining by 11.6% compared with December 2021 (10,164 v. 11,496). Five of the seven major index-crime categories saw decreases, driven by a 26.1% decrease in murder (34 v. 46), a 25.9% decrease in grand larceny (4,210 v. 5,680), an 11.5% decrease in rape (108 v. 122), a 10.2% decrease in burglary (1,236 v. 1,376), and an 8.3% decrease in robbery (1,280 v. 1,396).
Overall index crime was also down by 1.5% for Q4 of 2022 compared to Q4 of 2021 (31,686 v. 32,159), led by a 16.7% decrease in murder (95 v. 114), an 8.5% decrease in grand larceny (13,066 v. 14,283), and a 0.9% decrease in burglary (3,926 v. 3,960). For calendar year 2022, overall index crime finished up by 22.4% compared to 2021 (126,537 v. 103,388). In that same time period, though, murders decreased by 11.3% (433 v. 488) – down to the lowest level since 2019.
“From day one of our administration, the New York City Police Department focused on reducing gun violence by treating it as the crisis it clearly is,” said Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell. “This work was reflected in the year-over-year declines we saw in the hundreds of fewer shooting incidents, shooting victims, and murders in 2022 – and our neighborhoods are safer because of it. As we turn the calendar over, the NYPD is confident about the future of our department, our city, and all the people we serve. Our team is in place, and we are stepping forward to meet and overcome any challenges we may face in 2023 and beyond.”
For the month of December 2022, the number of citywide shooting incidents again decreased in New York City compared with December 2021, down by 29.2% (85 v. 120) for the month, driven by significant reductions in Queens and Brooklyn. For the year, shooting incidents were down by 17.2% in 2022 compared to 2021 (1,294 v. 1,562), with double-digit declines in every New York City borough. Moreover, these shooting declines led to a 31.8% decrease (101 v. 148) in shooting victims citywide for the month of December, and a 16.5% decrease (1,566 v. 1,876) in shooting victims for the year. These results reflect the NYPD’s untiring efforts to combat gun violence in neighborhoods across the city – work that is saving lives.
In 2022, NYPD officers took 7,135 illegal guns off our streets – deadly weapons that will never again threaten New Yorkers. These seizures fueled a 2.8% increase in citywide gun arrests for 2022 compared to 2021 (4,627 v. 4,499) – a 27-year high. Additionally, major index crime arrests were up by 16.6% (3,803 v. 3,262) in December 2022 compared to December 2021, and ended 2022 at a 21-year high – increasing by 24.5% (47,572 v. 38,215) over calendar year 2021. Total citywide arrests increased by 20.8% (15,324 v. 12,688) in December 2022 compared to the same period last year – adding to the 22.0% increase (189,777 v. 155,500) in such arrests in 2022 compared to 2021. The NYPD remains committed to crime prevention – ensuring that people never become victims in the first place – and, at the same time, using every resource available to hold offenders fully accountable for their actions.
In 2022, several NYPD initiatives contributed to the safety and quality of life in New York City. Namely: Neighborhood Safety Teams, first deployed in March 2022, provided intelligence-driven, adaptable, community-focused policing in the neighborhoods that needed them most; enforcement operations targeting fraudulent paper license plates, “ghost cars,” and illegal ATVs and dirt bikes made roadways safer; the NYPD’s Business District Deployment Team worked to reduce crime and address quality-of-life concerns in and around commercial areas citywide; and consumer fraud and other awareness campaigns prevented people from becoming scam victims. All of this vital work continues in the new year.
Additionally, the NYPD strengthened its focus on community engagement in 2022 through the introduction of Community CompStat Forums; by further enhancing the Crime Stoppers program; with regular Build-the-Block meetings; by staffing community centers like 127 Penn and others; with the work of Neighborhood Coordination Officers in every command; and through the everyday interactions that make patrolling the streets, subways, and housing developments of New York City so special. The dedicated women and men of the NYPD will always be there – alongside the people they serve – as they work to keep this great city safe for everyone who lives, visits, and works here.
*All crime statistics are preliminary and subject to further analysis, revision, or change.*
Index Crime Statistics: December 2022
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December 2022December 2021+/-%
Murder
34​
46​
-12​
-26.1%​
Rape
108​
122​
-14​
-11.5%​
Robbery
1280​
1396​
-116​
-8.3%​
Fel. Assault
1977​
1892​
85​
4.5%​
Burglary
1236​
1376​
-140​
-10.2%​
Grand
Larceny
4210​
5680​
-1470​
-25.9%​
Grand Larceny Auto
1319​
984​
335​
34.0%​
TOTAL
10164
11496
-1332
-11.6%

Additional Statistics For December 2022

December 2022December 2021+/-%
Transit​
205​
196​
9​
4.6%​
Housing​
447​
517​
-70​
-13.5%​
Citywide Shooting
Incidents​
85​
120​
-35​
-29.2%​

Rape Incident Reporting Statistics: December 2022​

(Reports filed from December 1 – December 31 in years indicated)
2022​
108​
90​
5​
2​
0​
2​
9​
2021​
122​
97​
5​
2​
2​
1​
15​
2020​
97​
81​
3​
0​
0​
2​
11​
2019​
105​
85​
2​
3​
1​
1​
13​
2018​
137​
116​
5​
6​
2​
1​
7​
2017​
137​
114​
4​
3​
1​
1​
14​
Rape continues to be underreported. If you are a victim of sexual assault, please come forward. The 24-hour NYPD Special Victims Division hotline is: 212-267-RAPE (7273).


Hate Crimes Statistics Summary for December 2022​

(Representing December 1st – December 31st years indicated)
Asian​
2​
7​
-5​
-71%​
Black​
4​
9​
-5​
-58%​
Disability​
0​
0​
0​
***​
Ethnic​
2​
3​
-1​
-33%​
Gender​
1​
1​
0​
0%​
Hispanic​
2​
1​
1​
100%​
Jewish​
11​
25​
-14​
-56%​
Muslim​
0​
1​
-1​
***​
Religion​
3​
1​
2​
200%​
Sexual Orientation​
4​
5​
-1​
-20%​
White​
0​
1​
-1​
-100%​
TOTAL
29​
54​
-25​
-46%​
Note: Statistics above are subject to change, as active possible bias cases may be reclassified to non-bias cases and removed from counted data upon investigation.
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TEENS RANSACK COLLEGE POINT RESTAURANT, CAUSING ESTIMATED $20K IN DAMAGE​


By Chanteé Lans
Updated 1 hour ago
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Police are searching for a large group of teens that ransacked a restaurant in College Point, Queens.
COLLEGE POINT, Queens (WABC) -- Police are searching for a large group of teens that ransacked a restaurant in Queens without warning Saturday morning.

The manager at Fish Village in College Point said the teenagers all ran inside the restaurant, said nothing, and started trashing the place.

"He said he don't know what happened, why they gonna do him like that. It feels scary," said manager Tony Hu through a translator.

Video from a customer shows complete chaos ensuing inside the restaurant as the masked teens flipped tables, threw chairs, and smashed dishes leaving a trail of destruction behind.

Hu described the teens as mostly Asian and some Hispanic. He said about 30 customers were inside at the time.

Seeing it just right here, was just really shocking," shopper Kaylea Zhang said.

Officials say the group didn't use any weapons or take any property with them.
The restaurant is estimating the damage will cost $20,000.

"I don't see a reason to that and it just seems really immature and inappropriate and I'm kind of furious and really disappointed in the future generation on how they acted," shopper Steven Zhou said.

So far no arrests have been made.
 

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Target to close 9 stores including 3 in San Francisco, citing theft that threatens workers, shoppers
Target says it's closing nine stores in four states, including one in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood, and three in San Francisco

NEW YORK -- Target said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in four states, including one in New York City's East Harlem neighborhood, and three in San Francisco, saying that theft and organized retail crime have threatened the safety of its workers and customers.

The closings, which will be effective Oct. 21, also include three stores in Portland, Oregon, and two in Seattle. Target said that it still will have a combined 150 stores open in the markets where the closures are taking place. It said it will offer affected workers the opportunity to transfer to other stores.


The Minneapolis retailer said the decision to close the stores was difficult.

“We know that our stores serve an important role in their communities, but we can only be successful if the working and shopping environment is safe for all," Target said in a statement.

Target said it has invested heavily in strategies to prevent theft, such as adding more security workers, using third-party guard services and installing theft-deterrent tools, like locking up merchandise. It also has trained store leaders and security-team members to protect themselves and de-escalate potential safety issues.

But it noted that it still faced “fundamental challenges” to operate the stores safely — and the business performance at the locations slated for closure was unsustainable.


While the store closings account for just a fraction of the 1,900 stores Target operates nationwide, the move underscores the challenges retailers face in reducing theft in stores, protecting their workers and customers, and maintaining locations in areas that might have few shopping alternatives.

For example, the Target store in East Harlem is one of the few choices residents have nearby to buy good quality healthy foods. In San Francisco, one of the stores slated to close is located at 13th Street and Folsom under a busy overpass with homeless tents in a largely commercial neighborhood with auto shops. In Seattle, one of the stores is located on a busy avenue near the University of Washington.

Target CEO Brian Cornell has been one of a handful of retail CEOs flagging what they described as rising theft over the past year or so. Cornell had held steadfast he didn't want to resort to closing stores despite mounting losses. Target said in May that theft was cutting into its bottom line and it expected related losses could be $500 million more than last year, when losses from theft were estimated to be anywhere from $700 million to $800 million. So that means losses could top $1.2 billion this fiscal year.

Moreover, Cornell told analysts in August that violent incidents against workers at Target stores increased 120% for the first five months of the year compared with the same period a year ago.

“Our team continues to face an unacceptable amount of retail theft and organized retail crime,” Cornell told analysts. “Unfortunately, safety incidents associated with theft are moving in the wrong direction.”

The announcement also comes as Target is still reeling from being targeted for its LGBTQ+ support, in particular its displays of Pride Month merchandise. In late May, ahead of Pride Month, Target pulled some items in particular regions and made other changes after encountering hostility from customers who confronted workers and tipped over displays. Target said the moves were made to protect workers in the stores.

It’s unclear how much money retailers broadly are losing due to organized retail crime — or if the problem has substantially increased. But the issue has received more notice in the past few years as high-profile smash-and-grab retail thefts and flash mob robberies have garnered national media attention. Over the past few quarters, an increasing number of retailers including Dick's Sporting Goods and Ulta Beauty have been calling out rising theft, citing it a factor in shrinking profits.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told CNBC in December that theft was on the rise at stores. In August, he told analysts that in some jurisdictions in the U.S., there needs to be action taken to help protect people from crime, including theft.

The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, said its latest security survey of roughly 177 retailers found that inventory loss — called shrink — clocked in at an average rate of 1.6 % last year, representing $112.1 billion in losses. That's up from 1.4% the previous year.

The greatest portion of shrink — 65% — came from external theft, including products taken during organized shoplifting incidents, the trade group said Tuesday. More than two-thirds of respondents said they were seeing even more violence and aggression from perpetrators of organized retail crime compared with a year ago.

The NRF said that even though retailers continue to improve their loss-prevention measures, sometimes more drastic action must be taken. Nearly 30% of retailers surveyed reported being forced to close a specific store location, and 45% said they needed to reduce operating hours. Roughly 30% said they needed to change or reduce product selection in stores as a direct result of retail crime.

Late last year, Congress passed a bill, called the INFORM ACT, that seeks to combat sales of counterfeit goods and dangerous products by compelling online marketplaces to verify different types of information — including bank account, tax ID and contact details — for sellers who make at least 200 unique sales and earn a minimum of $5,000 in a given year.

Target said Tuesday that it's making significant investments in cyber defense to combat retail theft and fraud and has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Investigations division to combat retail theft.
 
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