Crime rates have shot up across New York City, with nearly every police precinct seeing a worrying rise in crimes, including five in which the crime rate has nearly doubled, the NY Post reports.
72 out of New York City’s 77 police precincts saw a rise in crime, meaning that just 5 precincts is experiencing crime at 2021 rates or below.
The only precinct in Manhattan to not see a jump in crime rates was the 22nd Precinct, which covers Central Park.
“Only the squirrels are safe,” a cop wryly told the Post. “Tourists will never come back.”
The precinct with the highest jump in crime was the 110th in Elmhurst, Queens, which has seen a 142% increase in crimes from last year.
Second on the list is Harlem’s 26th Precinct, which had a 122% increase in crime so far this year over last year.
Much of the increase in crime can be attributed to the fact that there was a huge Covid-19 surge in NYC at this time last year, though crime rates are still up by 10% even when factoring in the surge by comparing current crime rates to pre-pandemic levels.
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The obsession with guns is psychotic. True, there need to be curbs on guns, with poroper licensing and vetting. But until we take criminals off the streets, the thugs will continue with support from Democrat politicians, illegal guns, and other weapons. That situation is bizarre, and cannot sustain a stable civilization.
Where I live, most of the increase is in auto theft, larceny and burglary. These are typically organized crime operations. We need a lot more police detectives to break up the chop shop and fencing rings.
Defund the Police
Let Black Lives Matter
Just mask and boost
And you’ll be safe.