As summer ends, shootings and murder decline in Brooklyn, but some nabes see rise in sex crimes * Brooklyn Paper
Briefly

"The summer of 2023 has emerged as the safest on-record for Brooklyn in terms of gun violence and gun-related deaths, showing a dramatic 74% decrease in shootings compared to 2020 and an 11% decrease compared to last year."
"Despite the positive trend, certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn experienced a rise in violence in August 2023. Homicides and shooting incidents particularly surged in the Brooklyn South patrol area during a key four-week span in late summer, which included various serious incidents."
Read at Brooklyn Paper
[
|
]