Major crimes reported in Long Island are theft, assault, vandalism, burglary, and robbery. In the past four months, January 2021 and April 2021, theft made up 51 percent of the crimes in Suffolk County. The most reported violent crime was assault, which makes up to 100 percent of the reported crimes in Suffolk County. Theft is the reported property crimes, contributing up to 95% of property crimes in Suffolk County.
Based on local police agencies, crime in the larger Suffolk County and most likely, Long Island went down by 9 percent in the month of March. Property crimes such as vandalism, theft, and burglary have decreased in the past two months. Statistics reveal that property crimes decreased by 10 percent in March.
Delegate your assignment to our experts and they will do the rest.
Shooting is the least reported crime over the past three months in Long Island. For example, the larger Suffolk County reported zero shootings in January, February, and March 2021. Over the past six months, the most reported crimes in Long Island are theft, robbery, burglary, and vandalism. Based on analytics, theft crimes increased in March 2021. Theft crimes in January and February were slightly over the 40 percent mark. March recorded the highest theft percentage of over 70. Robbery crimes were high in January and March. Largely, the robbery trends are unpredictable. Burglary crimes were similar to robbery: high in January and March 2021. Vandalism trends in Long Island are also unpredictable. However, reported vandalism has been generally high.
Arrests in Suffolk County in the last three months
Arrests were high in January. The 23rd and 24th days of the January reported the highest arrests in January as well as highest in the last three months. Overall, local police agencies in Long Island need to focus on responding to property crimes such as theft and robbery. Other crimes are relatively low.
References
Suffolk County, NY analytics . (n.d.). SpotCrime. https://spotcrime.com/NY/Suffolk%20County/analytics
Suffolk County, NY trends . (n.d.). SpotCrime. https://spotcrime.com/NY/Suffolk%20County/trends
