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The year in crime for Ridge, Bensonhursturst
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del.icio.usA new year means a new chance to see whether crime is up or down. Here’s how Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst precincts fared for the just-ended calendar year.
The bad news? Murder jumped in Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct, from just one in 2005 to four last year. While not statistically significant, the uptick in homicide bucks a long-term trend. Murder is down more than 40 percent since 2004, 60 percent since 1993 and more than 80 percent since 1990.
The good news? Other crimes dropped:
• Overall violent crime dropped more than 8 percent between 2005 and 2006.
• There were six rapes last year, compared to 11 the year before.
• There were 30 fewer assaults — a drop from 184 in 2005 to 154 last year.
• Burglaries also dropped, from 579 in 2005 to 457 last year.
• And stolen car reports dropped 10 percent, to 264 last year.
In other bad news:
• Robbery reports increased slightly, from 248 in 2005, to 251 last year.
Overall, violent crime in the 62nd Precinct has essentially been cut in half over the past dozen years. Reports of the seven major violent crime categories have dropped by nearly 20 percent in the past six years, and by two-thirds since 1993.
In Bay Ridge’s neighboring 68th Precinct, violent crime dropped more than five percent between 2005 and 2006, slightly below the average for similar Brooklyn South precincts.
The bad news first:
• Murder jumped from one killing in 2005 to two last year.
• And rape reports also rose, from seven in 2005, to nine last year.
The good news wasn’t all that good:
• Robbery declined slightly, from 149 in 2005, to 141 last year.
• Assaults fell from 142 to 129 over the same period.
• There were 363 burglaries last year, down from 388 in 2005.
• Grand larcenies remained essentially the same, and 261 cars were reported stolen, 34 fewer than in 2005.
Overall, crime in the 68th Precinct has declined more than 16 percent since 2001, by more than two-thirds, versus 1993, and over three-quarters in the last 13 years. Murder reports have been cut in half since 1993 and declined 90 percent since 1990. Rape numbers have also dropped, falling more than two-thirds since 1993, but 56 percent since 1990.
In fact, six of the seven crimes have dropped in the past 13 years. Only grand larceny figures have grown, at 6.5 percent.
©2007 The Brooklyn Paper
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