Park Slope, Windsor Terrace Crime Down; Assaults Up

If you read too many items or stories about crime in Park Slope and environs and you might think that crime is going up. Apparently, it isn't, except for assault. The Police Department tells the Park Slope Courier that crime in Park Slope and Windsor Terrace is down for the year other than felonious assaults, which are up by 33 percent compared to last year. Pay no mind to the Gothamist map that shows all of the mayhem going on Brooklyn. The 78th Precinct reports that burglaries are up .6 percent and grand larceny is up 7.1 percent while robbery is down 24.4 percent. And, despite all the stories about cars being stolen, car theft is down 25 percent. Crime in Prospect Park is reported down by 26 percent. None of which does you any good if you become a statistic, but at least the trends are good. Now, about all the people posting on the Park Slope Forum about getting mugged and robbed on Sixth Avenue...