Brooklyn crime drop exceeds citywide decrease
Crime continues to go down in Brooklyn, exceeding decreases seen citywide, according to the NYPD.
Citywide, according to Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who released preliminary statistics on Monday, January 4, crime was down 1.7 percent in 2015, compared to a year earlier, based on incidents of the seven index crimes: Murder, rape, robbery, burglary, felony assault, grand larceny and grand larceny auto.
In the 13 precincts making up Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, year to date through December 27 (the latest date for which the NYPD’s CompStat reports are publicly available), the decrease was far greater than that recorded citywide, totaling 5.46 percent. Overall, the 10 precincts that comprise Patrol Borough Brooklyn North did even better, notching a 6.28 percent drop in the seven index crimes in 2015, through December 27.