Police officers stand guard at an entrance to Times Square in New York, the United States, Dec. 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Compared to September last year, burglaries, grand larceny, grand-theft auto, robbery and rape in the city all shot up last month, leading to a 15.2 percent increase in major crime.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The New York Police Department (NYPD) is continuing to reshuffle desk officers to where crime is spiking, as Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell glossed over the city's disturbing jump in most major crimes, reported the New York Post last week.
In the department's first crime-statistics briefing to the press in three months, Chief of Department Kenneth Corey named the 109th Precinct in Queens as a targeted command, which has seen the highest year-over-year crime spike in the city at 81 percent.
Meanwhile, Sewell celebrated a 13 percent citywide decrease in shootings in September compared to the same month last year, but appeared to shrug off the spike in overall crime as she blamed the rise on grand larcenies and scams, according to the report.
Compared to September last year, burglaries, grand larceny, grand-theft auto, robbery and rape in the city all shot up last month, leading to a 15.2 percent increase in major crime, the report cited department data.
Burglaries were up 22.7 percent, vehicle thefts jumped 21.5 percent, grand larcenies went up by 21.3 percent and rapes increased by 10.7 percent last month compared to September 2021, it added. ■
