Crime Wave: 21% CH: First city-wide increase in decades

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/08/22/nypd-crime-is-on-the-rise-staggering-statistics-recorded-city-wide/

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs077pct.pdf

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs077pct.pdf

Murder is way down from last year, yet crimes involving theft are way up.

knock on wood, but this is the quietest summer I have experienced in my micro-community around Franklin Avenue...

.....Also, maybe reporting is just way up?

there is a new Commander, and allegations were made in the past they were under reporting crime.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-02-17/local/28622253_1_officer-adrian-schoolcraft-81st-precinct-cops-crime-statistics.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-01-05/local/27086528_1_crime-stats-crime-reports-nypd

so, maybe this huge increase is due to us just seeing accurate numbers re: theft?

I imagine that statistics on murders are much more difficult to fudge.

I actually think of crime as more or less a constant.

Therefore the more criminals (who are actually convicted of a crime) that are caught, the better job police are doing.

Crime goes down? Not enough criminals being caught.