I last looked at these stats for the 1st Precinct in May 2023, and before that, August 2022.

It seems a random act of violence is always my harsh reminder: last year, it was a crazy man who ran up behind a guy on his way to lunch at Los Tacos and punched him at the base of his skull for no reason. This year it was the worker in Bogardus Plaza who was slashed in the face as he was cleaning up the park.

Overall crime is down here in the district from this time last year by .74 percent, using year-to-date — a complete calendar year — numbers for this week in time. See the chart above, but the summary: most categories are up — the most dramatic being Felony Assault, of which there were 78 in the district this year. You can review these yourself here.

Recently an anonymous commenter said “when we moved to Tribeca in the late ’70s, the First Precinct had the lowest crime against individuals in all five boroughs. It was one of the many things that attracted us to the neighborhood. Where does the First Precinct rank now?” The NYPD’s data program, CompStat, does not go back that far, but here is the historical perspective; you can see those in the breakdown above, as well as the NYPD’s charts below:

• Percent change since 2001: -38
• Percent change since 1998: -54
• Percent change since 1993: -72
• Percent change since 1990: -81