In the first month of 2026, just after the “safest year in Brooklyn history,” major crime was up slightly across the borough, driven largely by theft.

The increases were largely driven by robbery, larceny and assault events.

Two teens were arrested and charged after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas and other antisemitic language at a Brooklyn playground where many Jewish children play, according to police. A ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Things in Brooklyn are headed way down– in crime that is. Brooklyn ended 2025 with the fewest murders, shootings, and shooting-related homicides on record, according to ...

2025 was the safest year in Brooklyn’s history, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Dec. 31. Homicides and shooting homicides dropped by about 25%, while shooting incidents and the number of ...

GRAVESEND, Brooklyn (PIX11) – An argument led to a 71-year-old man being smacked with a shovel in Brooklyn on Dec. 27, according to the NYPD. Police said it happened near Stryker Court and West 1 st ...

Crime has been trending down in Brooklyn consistently since its height in the early ’90s and that trend has so far continued in 2017 as the acting district attorney announced on Thursday that the ...

A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged with hate crimes Friday night after anti-Semitic messages were found in a temple, police said. James Polite, 26, was charged with four counts of criminal ...