"Murder, grand larceny, auto, and burglary dropped, the data show, with murder down 40 percent - from five incidents to three - compared to the same period last year. Murder was down significantly citywide, the NYPD announced on Tuesday, and November 2025 saw the lowest number of killings since the city began keeping crime records. But rape, assault, grand larceny, and robbery all rose in Brooklyn in November."
"Rape was up more than 60 percent, the data show, from 28 incidents in November 2024 to 45 in November 2025. The crime category rose most significantly in the Brooklyn North patrol, which covers 10 precincts from Greenpoint to East New York. In Brownsville's 73rd Precinct, rape was up 600 percent, from one incident to seven; it jumped 300 percent, from one incident to four, in both Bushwick and Greenpoint."
"On November 6, a man followed a 12-year-old girl into a Williamsburg apartment building and brutally raped her. Cops later arrested 27-year-old Eric McMichael in connection with the attack. A day later, a 24-year-old man was raped by a stranger in a public park in Bay Ridge; and cops are still searching for the suspect in an attempted rape in East New York on November 16."
Major felony rate in Brooklyn rose 0.5 percent (13 incidents) from November 3–30 compared with the same period last year. Murder, grand larceny auto, and burglary declined; murder fell 40 percent from five incidents to three. November 2025 had the fewest citywide killings since records began. Rape increased over 60 percent, rising from 28 to 45 incidents, with sharp spikes in Brooklyn North and in the 73rd Precinct (Brownsville). UCR rape incidents were up 63.3 percent and other sex crimes rose 34 percent. Assault increased 13 percent to 610 incidents, with sizable precinct-level surges.
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