Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Post notes "a 90 PERCENT SURGE IN BURGLARIES" in the East Village

The Post reports today that a "Spider-Man"-like thief was busted after allegedly breaking into 10 LES/East Village residences in recent months. He apparently hit one East 10th Street building six times. According to the paper, the man "was busted on Saturday after he took a nap in an empty apartment in that building and was discovered by the super. He fled, leaving behind his cellphone and a T-shirt."

And tacked on in an oh-by-the-way manner at the end of the article:

Seven of the incidents were in the Ninth Precinct, which has seen nearly a 90 percent surge in burglaries in the month ending Sept. 13, compared to the same period last year.

Burglaries are up about 32 percent in the precinct for the year.


Well, it's always dangerous to toss around crime stats out of context. Yes, there is an increase, but take a look at the numbers for yourself... Plus, um, the man the police arrested for this crime spree was responsible for SEVEN of the burglaries, presumably in that time period. (Click image for a better look. Or read the PDF here yourself.)



And look at the numbers compared to 1990...

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5 comments:

  1. L'EmmerdeurSeptember 16, 2009 at 1:21 PM

    OMG EVERYBODY PANIC

    Somebody had to say it.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    and the murder rate is down 90% in the last 16 years. That's not newsy.

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  3. EV GrieveSeptember 16, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    Of course, I failed to mention that some people often don't bother filing a report /pressing charges....

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  4. Macho Man Randy SavageSeptember 16, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    Macho Madness is up 900% over last year. Yeah!

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    ...some people often don't bother filing a report...

    Yeah, I've been reading the compstat reports from the 9th all summer and it seems that some weeks I count more shooting/robberies/muggings that I've heard about and/or seen mentioned here or Bob's blog than show up in the report. Yeah, sure, murder's down from 20 years ago but, come on, here and now, the overall crime rate has to be way, way, up from, oh, two years ago.

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