Crime down citywide, Brooklyn too
It’s an all-time-low.
Last year, 2014, saw the fewest murders in recorded city history – 332 — as well as the lowest robbery and burglary rates in the past 10 years, announced Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton on Monday, January 5.
In addition, the pair announced, overall index crime is down close to five percent citywide while housing crime is down six percent, and marijuana arrests are down 10.5 percent. The seven index crimes are murder, rape, robbery, burglary, felonious assault, grand larceny and grand larceny auto.