NYC robberies have risen 5% in the new year: NYPD

The brand new 12 months has not began auspiciously in relation to violent crime in New York Metropolis.

Robberies within the Massive Apple are up 5% (960 from 913) within the the primary three weeks of 2024, in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, NYPD knowledge present.

Robberies soared 12% in Queens (174 from 155) and 9% within the Bronx (301 from 277) and Brooklyn (258 from 237) via Jan. 21, the stats state.

Staten Island and Manhattan noticed robberies lower by 58% and 1%, respectively.

The silver lining is main crime is down 7% throughout the town and murders have plummeted 41% (16 from 27).

Cops are searching 4 brazen brutes who’re a part of a gang that has robbed sidewalk clerks 9 instances since Jan. 1, the NYPD mentioned.

The hoodlums ambush the typically-older sellers at night time, pulling them out the aspect door of the newsstands, and knock them to the bottom.

They then threaten to shoot or slash them earlier than making off with no matter they’ve of their pockets or money register, cops mentioned.

“If the NYPD can management grand larcenies and [auto theft] in 2024, crime shall be down, that’s a given,” mentioned Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay School of Felony Justice who referred to as the persevering with rise in robberies “a trigger for concern.”