The NYPD says the Bronx is leading the city with the largest decline in major crime. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to sit here and tell anybody we don\u2019t have crime going on in the Bronx, but it\u2019s going in the right direction,\u201d said Chief Benjamin Gurley, the Bronx borough commander. <\/p>\n
The NYPD recently released the following statistics: <\/p>\n
Major crime declined in the Bronx for the month of April and year-to-date with a 15.5% (2,218 vs. 2,626) and 10.7% (8,556 vs. 9,576) decrease, respectively. <\/p>\n
The Bronx had its fewest murders in recorded history for the month of April. Only four occurred.<\/p>\n
Shooting incidents are down 58.1% (13 vs. 31), the second fewest in recorded history for the borough and only two behind the record set in April 2018. <\/p>\n
Shooting victims declined 64.9% (13 vs. 37). <\/p>\n
Robbery fell 23.5% (316 vs. 413) with nearly 100 fewer incidents. <\/p>\n
The Bronx saw the greatest reduction in auto theft, falling 43.8% (222 vs. 395) with 173 fewer incidents. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo matter the numbers, one is too many,\u201d said Gurley. \u201cWe strive for zero, but we still have crimes occurring.\u201d <\/p>\n
The department said, last month, there were no shootings in the borough\u2019s “youth zones.” <\/p>\n
\u201cOur youth crime is actually down in the borough, but young people carrying guns is up,\u201d said Gurley. \u201cOur gun arrests for young people are up.\u201d <\/p>\n
This week alone, a 14-year-old<\/a> and a 15-year-old<\/a> were shot in two separate shootings. They\u2019re expected to survive. <\/p>\n Gurley said, overall, the Bronx has the most violent zones in the city. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen we put cops on the dots, and we strategically look at it, it\u2019s really a precision policing thing,\u201d said Gurley. <\/p>\n Gurley told News 12 that they\u2019re combating crime thanks to a multi-layered approach, which includes 2,600 cops in the Bronx, using drones and other technology. <\/p>\n \u201cThe Bronx has been in the news for violence, and we aim to tamper down that violence,\u201d said Gurley. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD says the Bronx is leading the city with the largest decline in major crime. \u201cI\u2019m not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-227446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}