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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Overview of crime statistics and trends in Queens County
5:03:27
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DA Katz presents an overview of recent crime statistics in Queens County, highlighting trends and providing context for the current state of public safety in the borough.
- Reports 52,000 arrests and approximately 47,000 arraignments in Queens in 2024
- Notes that overall crime index levels are decreasing, crediting partnership with the NYPD
- Mentions 64 homicides in the previous year, comparing it to 342 homicides in 1971 for historical context
Melinda Katz
5:03:27
Just to put everything in perspective, Queen's has had 52,000 people who were arrested in '24.
5:03:35
With that was about 47,000 arraignments that happened we conducted in our borough.
5:03:42
As Commissioner Tisch was talking about, the crime levels are going down for the overall crime index.
5:03:47
That happens as a partnership with the district attorney's offices and the work that we do.
5:03:53
We had 64 homicides last year.
5:03:55
To put in perspective, In 1971 we had three forty two homicides in Queens County, just so you know.
5:04:06
And the other things that we work on every single day that again, you know, need the funding but we have it right now but won't when we do our crime lab, is the ghost gun investigations that we do.
5:04:17
I created a crime strategies unit several years ago.