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Year-to-date rape statistics have risen in the 46th, 50th and 52nd Precincts as of Aug. 10 according to the latest major crime statistics from the NYPD. This trend is also seen across The Bronx as a whole with rapes rising by 20.7% in the 28-day period ending Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year, and by 29.2% year-to-date as of Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year.

 

In the 52nd Precinct, they have risen by 500% in the 28-day period ending Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year, and by 25.9% year-to-date as of Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year.

 

Attached below are all the major crime statistics for the 52nd Precinct for the 28-day period ending Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year (left), as well as year-to-date major crime statistics for the 52nd Precinct as of Aug. 10, compared to last year (right).

 

This precinct covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights.

In the 50th Precinct, though rape dropped by 25% in the 28-day period ending Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year, it has increased by 100% year-to-date as of Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year.

 

Attached below are all the major crime statistics for the 50th Precinct for the 28-day period ending Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year (left), as well as year-to-date major crime statistics for the 50th Precinct as of Aug. 10, compared to last year (right).

 

This precinct covers some or all of Kingsbridge, Fieldston, Riverdale, Marble Hill, and Spuyten Duyvil.

 

In the 46th Precinct, rape has also dropped 66.7% in the 28-day period ending Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year, but has risen by 38.9% year-to-date as of Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year.

Attached below are the major crime statistics for the 46th Precinct for the 28-day period ending Aug. 10, compared to the same timeframe last year (left), as well as year-to-date major crime statistics for the 46th Precinct as of Aug. 10, compared to last year (right).

 

This precinct covers some or all of Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mt. Hope.

 

As reported, police said a man is sought for the rape of a 15-year-old girl inside an apartment in Charlotte Gardens, and separately, nine men and a woman were recently indicted on various charges including rape, sex trafficking and promoting prostitution on various occasions in New York State, including in the Eastchester section of The Bronx, and in Atlantic City, NJ.

 

Meanwhile, in April, a man was arrested in Fordham Heights for attempted rape and in June 2024, police arrested a male person of interest sought for attempted rape in Woodlawn Heights.

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Aug. 15 that a Yonkers woman who worked as a guidance counselor at a Bronx high school has been indicted on third-degree rape, and additional charges for repeatedly having sex with a teenage boy who was a student in her school.

 

According to the NYPD, as of the end of July, citywide rape incidents increased by 33.1% in July compared to the same period in 2024 (193 vs. 145). Police said the rise in reported incidents is partly attributed to September 2024’s legislative changes broadening the legal definition of rape in New York State, which now includes additional forms of sexual assault.

 

They said many reported cases involved individuals known to each other. NYPD officials said the department continues to encourage survivors of sexual assault to come forward and report these incidents.

 

In other crime-related news, as of end of July, the NYPD said over the past three and a half years, the NYPD has taken more than 22,900 illegal guns off New York City’s streets, including more than 3,100 seized in 2025 alone.

 

In July, they said citywide murders declined 49% (25 vs. 49), and in the first seven months of 2025, decreased by 26.4% compared to the same period last year. They said other major citywide crime categories also declined in July, including burglary, which fell by 14.2% (950 vs. 1,107), robbery dropped by 7.5% (1,413 vs. 1,528), felony assault was down by 8.2% (2,575 vs. 2,806), and grand larceny decreased by 4% (4,253 vs. 4,428). They said citywide grand larceny auto also declined 3.6% year-to-date, holding steady in July compared to last year.

 

In the transit system, they said citywide crime dropped by 8% (149 vs.162) in July, to its lowest level for any July in recorded history, excluding the COVID-period of 2020-2021 and so far this year, they said citywide crime in the subway system is in its third consecutive year of decline.

 

They said citywide housing crime also declined by 15.8% (454 vs. 539) for the month and citywide retail theft fell 14.4% in July and is down for the third consecutive year, with a year-to-date decline of 11%.

 

They said number of citywide incidents investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force also decreased by 50%.

 

Contact numbers at the Bronx District Attorneys Office, including one for victims of sex crimes, are included below:

Department	Phone #
General Information	718-590-2000
Bias Hotline	718-590-BIAS (2427)
Child Abuse/Sex Crimes Hotline	718-838-7344
Civilian Complaint Unit	718-590-2300
Community Engagement Unit	718-590-2272
Crime Victims Assistance Bureau	718-590-2115
Domestic Violence	718-838-6688
Elder Abuse	718 590-2260
Immigrant Affairs Unit	844-590-SCAM (7226)
Communications/Public Information	718-590-2234
U-VISA Hotline	718-590-VISA (8472)

 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

 

 

Editor’s Note: Compstat, the NYPD’s major crime database, was down prior to the publication of our most recent print edition published Aug. 7. We usually include the latest crime statistics for the 46th, 50th, and 52nd Precincts in each print edition but were unable to do for the latest edition due to the database being down so we are including them here instead.