When compared with the same time period last year, overall rates of the seven major felonies - murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny auto - decreased 3.69% in the Brooklyn South patrol and 3.49% in Brooklyn North.
Some crimes decreased precipitously across the borough - burglaries decreased 25% in Brooklyn North and 4.2% in Brooklyn South, while reports of grand larceny dropped 19.1% in Brooklyn South and 11% in Brooklyn North. Murder was down 75% in Brooklyn South, from eight last year to two this year.
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