Crime up 60 percent citywide in the past week, NYPD stats show

NYPD investigators on the scene of a shootout that happened on the nook of Drew Avenue and Linden Boulevard on January 22, 2022.
Gregory P. Mango

Crime within the Massive Apple continues to spike, with an almost 60 p.c hike previously week alone in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months — even amid frigid temps, in line with NYPD figures launched Monday.

“Close to-zero temperatures can’t hold the criminals away,” a Bronx cop advised The Put up. “It should solely worsen because it will get hotter.”

The most important soar for the week ending Sunday got here in reported automobile thefts, with 255 for the week in comparison with 118 in 2021 — a rise of greater than 116 p.c, the stats present.

Grand larceny soared by greater than 93 p.c, with 908 experiences in comparison with 470 for a similar week final 12 months, and reported rapes jumped by practically 67 p.c, to 35 from 21 final 12 months.

Crime in New York Metropolis had an almost 60 p.c hike previously week alone.

Christopher Sadowski

Transit crimes have additionally gone up over the previous week, with 34 this 12 months in comparison with 18 for a similar interval in 2021, an almost 89 p.c leap.

Because the begin of the 12 months, total crime has gone up by practically 42 p.c within the 5 boroughs, in line with the numbers.

Automobile thefts have gone up by greater than 96 p.c, grand larceny by practically 62 p.c, rapes by greater than 35 p.c, and robberies by practically 35 p.c over the identical interval final 12 months, the statistics present.

Transit crimes have additionally gone up over the previous week by practically 89 p.c from the identical interval a 12 months in the past.

Robert Mecea

The year-to-date numbers additionally present that transit crimes have elevated to 227 in comparison with 130 over this time final 12 months, a spike of practically 75 p.c.