by Gina The recent spike in crime got us thinking– how safe is Greenpoint, statistically? Has crime increased over the past year? Between last week’s home invasions/sexual assautls, pistol whipping, and a poll that ranked Greenpoint “just below East New York for perceptions of class and safety,” we wanted some insight on the wider trends in crime.
Contributor, Cristina Vásquez Obando, created this helpful infographic, which lays out the data, according to the NYPD…
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I wish NYPD broke down its assault statistics – for example, how many felonious assaults were actually attempted rapes? How many were gay-hate crimes? These are specifically motivated assaults that require specific policing, and I wish they weren’t all lumped into one generic category.
In the meantime, this is a really useful blog post & chart, and I hope you post more updates. Thanks!
thanks teresa. we are doing our best!
Stop fanning the flames of fear in our neighborhood with these sort of posts! All this accomplishes is spawning negative reactionary behavior. Do we need a George Zimmerman in Greenpoint? If you look at these numbers closely from a statisticians perspective, all they prove is that very little has changed from last year. Yet we are barraged with posts on this site day after day about an uptick in local crime. I respect what you’ve done for the neighborhood in terms of highlighting local culture and businesses, but this Veronica Mars shit has gotta stop.
our purpose is not to scare people but to show in a visual way the reality of what is going on in greenpoint. i am responding to the inquiries i get daily – why is this happening? what is going on? what’s with all the crime?
this is a way to show people what is really going on – that like you said – not much has changed.
thanks for your response. we will continue to post on all relevant news, cultural as well as criminal when we see fit.
it would have not irresponsible for me to NOT cover the recent crimes, which were horrifying for me personally as a woman.
i just had to wiki veronica mars.