Zero Murders Reported In Chelsea’s 10th Precinct For All of 2023
The precinct’s end-of-year crime stats were rather similar to the NYPD’s citywide overview, with its overall crime rate dropping by 1.01 percent in 2023. Shootings and burglaries also plummeted. Unlike the rest of the city, grand theft auto saw a slight dip. Felony assaults and transit crime rose in the 10th Precinct, however.
| 09 Jan 2024 | 10:38
The NYPD’s 10th Precinct, which encompasses Chelsea. The precinct reportedly saw 0 murders in 2023, with shootings and burglaries dipping as well. Felony assaults and transit crime rose, however. (
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Chelsea’s 10th Precinct reportedly saw no murders in 2023, according to the final set of year-to-date crime stats issued by the NYPD. The Midtown South Precinct, which also encompasses part of Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, also saw a significant drop in recorded murders–from eight in 2022 to three in 2023.
The 10th Precinct also saw banner yearly decreases in burglary and shooting incidents, which dipped by 22.1 and 75 percent, respectively. This exceeded already declining citywide stats, which indicated that burglary decreased by 13.1 percent in 2023, with shootings down by 24.7 percent.
Grand larceny-auto surged by 15 percent citywide in 2023. However, it saw a modest yearly dip in the 10th Precinct, with two less incidents occurring for a total of 77 cars stolen.
Some crime categories in the 10th Precinct rose in 2023, in some cases notably more than they did in the rest of NYC. Transit crime surged by 25 percent, for a total of 40 incidents. Transit crime was down citywide in 2023 by 2.6 percent. Felony assault increased by nearly 13 percent, more than doubling the 6.3 increase citywide.
Overall crime reportedly decreased in the 10th Precinct by 1.01 percent, which is fairly similar to the 0.3 decrease touted citywide. The Midtown South Precinct saw a significantly larger overall decrease of 11.4 percent in 2023. The latter precinct also stood out for seeing a modest dip (4.4 percent) in felony assaults.
Hate crimes remained steady in the 10th Precinct, with one more incident than last year for a total of 18. In October, 4 teenagers were charged with hate crimes for assaulting a 72 year-old gay man in September–by breaking his jaw after taunting him with homophobic slurs–on the corner of 9th Ave. & W. 17th. St.
Captain Alexander R. Brathwaite, the Commanding Officer for the 10th Precinct, did not return a request for comment as of press time.