Tag: crime

The Rag took a look at what is actually happening today, according to police data, and how today’s crime rates compare with the past.

Crime incidents in almost all categories are on the rise.

Police have arrested a man they said committed sexual assaults on the Upper West Side and elsewhere in the city.

Though murders and shootings are down, the overall number of crime incidents is up compared to last year.

IRO, a high-end clothing store on the corner of 71st Street and Columbus Avenue, was robbed of more than $8,500 worth of merchandise...

Incidents of the most serious crimes are up 42%

Concern over rampant retail theft at chain drug stores was underscored on Friday, February 11, by a shoplifting incident

New York County Defender Services, a public defender agency, issued a statement Tuesday lambasting “inflammatory” media coverage of its client Darrell Johnson’s alleged assault of two women on the UWS and subsequent release from custody.

As Thanksgiving approaches, Jennie Dundas, owner of the Blue Marble Ice Cream shop on Broadway and 97th Street, is trying to hold onto the values of the holiday.

A suspect was arrested on Saturday for the Thursday rape of a woman jogger in Central Park, the NYPD reported.

A woman jogger was sexually assaulted in Central Park Thursday morning, an NYPD spokesperson said. “ occurred at 7:21 a.m., on

On Friday morning around 11:23 a.m., a man approached a 36-year-old Hispanic man on the southwest corner of West 84th Street and Columbus Avenue and

Multiple shots rang out around 4:59 a.m. Saturday morning near 248 W. 62nd Street at West End Avenue, home to the NYCHA Amsterdam Houses development

Shootings, public pooping and pedestrians’ fears of reckless drivers were among the issues discussed at Saturday’s 24th Precinct Community Council meeting held at the Firemen’s Memorial at 100th Street in Riverside Park. 

Borough President Gale Brewer sent us a notice about a theft on Monday at the Trader Joe's on 72nd Street and Broadway that she says should serve as a warning to Upper West Siders.

On Saturday, at around 2 p.m., the NYPD got a call about a “child assault” inside 60 West 104th Street, a police spokesperson said.

Police are looking for two people who they say stole money, a credit and an iPhone from a senior citizen who was shopping at Zabar's.

Police are looking for the man pictured above in a shirt with the Punisher cartoon logo for allegedly throwing rocks through the windows at the Eyewitness News studio

Police arrested a 40-year-old man for stabbing a woman who was buying a MetroCard at the subway station at 72nd Street and Broadway last Thursday.

Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the vigilante crime prevention group Guardian Angels, harshly criticized the recent relocation of hundreds of homeless men into