MORE FOOT PATROLLING IS NEEDED

"88th Precinct Increases Foot Patrols in Response to Crime Stats." Good idea. It makes sense that the precinct added officers to the foot patrol. After all, the precinct's crime statistics were thirteen percent higher in 2010 than they were in 2009.

Let's compare the 2010 crime statistics for the 88th, 66th, and 72nd precincts.

FELONIES                     88th   66th   72nd
Murder                           6        -          7
Rape                             8        11       20
Robbery                      237      178      251

Felonious Assault          133      170      189
Burglary                      184      384      244
Grand Larceny              477      391      372

Grand Larceny Auto      101      135      119

It turns out that the 66th has more crimes than the 88th in four categories, and the 72nd has more than the 88th in six categories.