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2006 Fact Sheet
While crime continues to decline, the Bronx still has more than its share:
Consistent with the rest of New York City, crime in the Bronx again declined in 2006. Overall violent crime in this county dropped for the thirteenth consecutive year and has decreased by 72% since 1990. Between 1990 and 2006, the number of murders in the Bronx declined by over 77%. For each of the past ten years, there have been fewer than 200 homicides in the Bronx -- levels not seen since the 1960s. Nevertheless, the Bronx still has the highest rates (per 100,000 population) of murder, rape, robbery and felonious assault in the City. While the Bronx represents 16.6% of New York City's population (2000 US Census), the Bronx accounted for over 23% of the City’s violent crime. Nearly 26% of the City’s murders, one in five rapes and one in four felonious assaults occurred in the Bronx. Bronx shooting incidents in 2006 represented 26% of such incidents Citywide. In addition, while violent crime in Bronx County has decreased over 72%, arrests have risen more than 64% since 1990.
This Office has fought the war on crime on a number of fronts:
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In Court
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In 2006, our Project Safe Neighborhoods program and our Gun Possession Prosecution Program resulted in the seizure of 1,230 illegal guns and 311 convictions for illegal gun possession or trafficking.
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This Office sent a higher proportion of convicted felons to state prison than the statewide average.
The Appeals Bureau won 97% of the appeals filed by defendants convicted of felonies (188 of 193).
The Appeals Bureau won all 11 appeals decided in the New York Court of Appeals.
With Auto Crime Initiatives
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We continued our anti-auto crime initiative, now in its twelfth year of grant funding. These efforts resulted in the recovery in 2006 of stolen and altered vehicles valued at about $2.9 million.
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From 1990 through 2006, complaints of grand larceny auto decreased by 85%.
Through appropriate use of drug treatment programs
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Since 1992, this Office has used drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration for appropriate first time felony drug defendants and those with prior nonviolent felony convictions. Those defendants who withdraw or fail to complete the program satisfactorily are sentenced to a term in state prison. In 2006, 1,159 felony drug defendants were placed in drug treatment programs, bringing the total placed since 1992 to 10,805.
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