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Historic crime drop in 111th Precinct
Top cop reports that northeast Queens crime levels are lowest in area since 1970
HISTORY COMES ALIVE
BY JENNA BAGCAL
The 111th Precinct, based in
Bayside, is the safest its ever been,
according to the command.
On Jan. 1, the precinct
reported on Twitter that
they were experiencing the
“lowest recorded levels of
crime ever” according to
preliminary crime data
compiled by the NYPD
CompStat Unit.
“The 111th Precinct is
happy to report that, in 2018,
the 111th precinct reached the
its lowest crime levels since
we started recording precinct
crime in 1970. Specifically,
the 111th precinct recorded
678 ‘index’ crimes in 2018
versus 743 in 2017, resulting
in a 8.7 percent drop in crime.
The 111th precinct already
experiences some of the lowest
per capita crime rates in the
city,” Captain John Hall, the
precinct’s commander said
in an analysis published on
Facebook on Jan. 3.
According to data, the
111th Precinct, which includes
all or parts of Bayside,
Douglaston, Little Neck,
Auburndale, Hollis Hills
and Fresh Meadows, saw a
decrease in five out of seven
recorded types of criminal
activity. The precinct also
provided an analysis of each
of the crime categories.
The 111th reported no
murders in 2018 versus
one in 2017. Robberies and
burglaries were down by four
in 2018, with the recorded
numbers dropping from 39 to
35 and 167 to 163 respectively.
Hall said that robberies with
weapons declined in 2018
and none of the incidents
involved a firearm, versus
six incidents in 2017.
“Youth on youth” robbery
incidents also declined
from 13 in 2017 to five this
year. The captain wrote
that the incidents were
“historically driven by
school dismissals.”
“Our Neighborhood
Policing team is in constant
contact with staff at the
major high schools and we
have police officers assigned
at Francis Lewis, Bayside,
and Cardozo,” Hall wrote.
“We often receive additional
resources from Patrol Boro
Queens North to assist with
orderly dismissals.”
Grand larceny autos also
dropped from 59 to 38 this
year. The biggest change was
in grand larcenies, or major
thefts, which dropped from
416 in 2017 to 361 in 2018.
Though the overall number
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went down, Hall reported
that “unattended grand
larcenies”, which includes
mailbox fishing, rose
significantly in 2018.
Unattended grand
larcenies spiked 77.1 percent
from 70 in 2017 to 124 in
2018. The precinct reported
that they had surveillance
videos of people stealing
“large amounts of mail” from
blue mailboxes throughout
the precinct. Checks were
subsequently washed, forged
and cashed at various banks.
Hall reported that
fishing incidents went down
temporarily when the U.S.
Postal Inspector installed
“theft resistant” mailboxes
in some areas, but have
recently picked up again.
Rape and felony assault
were up this year from
2017, according to numbers
reported by CompStat. Data
showed that seven rapes
and 74 felony assaults were
reported in 2018 versus three
rapes and 58 felony assaults
the year before.
Hall attributed the crime
drop to the Neighborhood
Policing model that was
implemented in March 2018.
“Neighborhood policing
allowed us to police more
purposefully,” wrote Captain
Hall. “It resulted in
increased patrols in the
neighborhoods, better
intelligence on past crimes,
and, most importantly,
increased participation
by the community. This
bolstered our overarching
crime reduction strategy
which is to detect and
suppress crime committed
by repeat offenders and
crime committed at repeat
locations.”
It was noted that the reported
numbers are “preliminary and
subject to further analysis and
revision.”
For the precinct’s full
crime analysis, visit their
Facebook page.
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