Park Slope Major Crime Up 18% This Year, Bucking Citywide Drop: Data

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Major crime is falling citywide, but not in one surprising neighborhood: Park Slope.

The traditionally quiet confines of Park Slope have seen an 18 percent jump in major crime so far in 2023, according to NYPD statistics.

Cops in the 78th Precinct, which covers the neighborhood, logged 612 complaints for major felonies during the first six months this year, data shows. That's nearly 100 more than the same span last year.

Park Slope's increase in crime stands in contrast to a wider decline citywide, which the NYPD's Acting Commissioner Edward Caban highlighted this week.

"We know there is still much more work to do," he said.

Indeed, Park Slope's crime uptick is almost the mirror image of the city's dip in five of seven major crime categories this year that Caban touted.

By contrast, five of seven major crime categories have risen in Park Slope's 78th Precinct, according to NYPD data. Murder and rape were the only major crimes to not increase.

The neighborhood's increases were led by burglary, which had a 60 percent jump, followed by felony assaults at 43 percent, according to the data.

And Park Slope's modest crime increase is particularly noteworthy when compared to other affluent neighborhoods such as the Upper East Side or the West Village, which both saw double-digit drops.

Those neighborhoods' declines in crime match up with reported nationwide drops — especially in violent crimes — but overall rates are still above pre-pandemic levels. And higher crime, no matter what statistical time period it is compared to, leaves many on edge across the city.