2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

Despite the many limitations on these data, thre were certain significant patterns that did appear. In general, as seen in Table T) criminal complaints were higher for the 42nd Street study block than for the 42nd Street control block two blocks to the west. During the three month period of July through September, 1993, there were 45 criminal complaints on the Ninth to Tenth Avenue block of 42nd Street,. and 88 on the Seventh to Eighth Avenue blockfront. Similarly, there were 118 criminal complaints on Eighth Avenue between 45th and 48th Streets, and only 50 for the same three blocks along Ninth Avenue. One cannot assert that there is a direct correlation between these statistics and the concentration of adult use establishments on 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, or along Eighth Avenue between 45th and 48th Streets. ,:But there is very definitely a pointed differencein the number of crime complaints between these study blocks and their. controls. It appears that there was a continuing. reduction in crimes along Eighth Avenue the further away from 42nd Street, with its concentration of adult use establishments. While there were 135 .complaints on Eighth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets, there were only 80 on the block between 44th and 45th Streets. For the three blocks between 45th and 48th Streets, there were a total 118 complaints for the same period. These complaint statistics are summarized in Table V. TABLE V Iifi ..,..., CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS FOR SELECTED BLDCKFRONTS JUNE, JULY & AUGUST 1993 BLbcKFRONT JUNE JULY AUGUST TOTAL 8 Ave. between 34 45 56 135 42-43 Sts. 8 Ave. between 38 21 21 8o 44-45 Sts. - 8 Ave. between_ 40 -45 33 - 45-48 Sts. 9 Ave. between 16 13 21 50 45-48 Sts. 42 St. between 29 36 23 88 7-8. Aves. 42 St. between 16 16 13 45 9-10 Aves. _ Source: New York Chy Poke Department; Insight Associates 32 EVER0021 8