What? Murder up 37.5 percent in Nassau?

                                                                    Nassau Crime Statistics
                 
Source: Nassau County   

 

What a difference two months make.

Newsday reported today that that murders, during the first half of this year, from January throught June, were down by nearly 29 percent.

On Monday, the police department reported to Nassau county officials that murders were up 37.5 percent from January through September this year compared to 2019.

But don't be alarmed.

The statistics just show that using percentages, when dealing with small actual numbers,  can make for alarming misleading results.

The actual number of murders in Nassau from Jan. 1 through June was five, down from seven homicides in that period in 2019.

But by Sept. 3 of this year, the numbers of murders in Nassau had jumped from eight last year to 11 this year.

Not good, but not a crime wave.

Total crime reports were down nearly 20 percent over the same period last year, most likely due to the pandemic that kept most people at home rather than out committing assaults, rapes, or other major crimes.

But look at the numbers for "other burglaries": a 58 percent increase. Wow. That's 112 more "other burglaries" than the 192 reported in 2019.

And stolen vehicles? That is up 27 percent, or an additional 85 vehicles stolen over last year through September.

Newsday classifies "other burglaries' as commercial burglaries but you have to wonder if it includes car burglaries.

Well, don't say the police department didn't warn Nassau.



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