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Criminal Activities: Drugs and Prostitution Arrests <br />As can be seen in the responses to our survey, one of the most frequently <br />made assertions is that adult use establishments attract criminal activities, particularly <br />drug dealing and prostitution. Working closely with the NYPD Crime Analysis Unit, <br />we attempted to obtain data concerning arrests or complaints for these two types'of <br />criminal activities, in order to. enhance the criminal complaint data discussed above. <br />Prostitution and drug complaints are not collected by the" precincts in the same <br />way as other criminal complaint data... Drug -complaints and drug arrests...are not <br />maintained on'. the precinct level and'". <br />nd are considered confiden'tial,: "due to:..on-going <br />criminal investigations. Thus, we were not able to obtain data on this type'of"criminal <br />activity.. With the cooperation of the Crime Analysis. Unit, .however, vire were able to <br />obtain inforrflation concerning prostitution arrests along.Eighth Avenue from 42nd <br />Street to'4 Street <br />th ,,....., <br />In a three month period from'July through September,` 1993, in the Midtown <br />South Precinct, there were 19 arrests made on Eighth .Avenue between 42nd and <br />45th Streets, compared to no arrests on Ninth Avenue between 42nd and 45th <br />Streets. ` Further north on, Eighth 'Avenue,. between .45th and 48th Streets, the <br />Midtown North Precinct reported 9 arrests for prostitution,' compared to 14,arrests <br />along Ninth Avenue for the same three blocks during the same three month period. <br />Thus, the heaviest incidence of prostitution arrests .occurred in.the three block study.. <br />area .of dense concentration of adult- use establishments, during this time..period. <br />Those findings are summarized in Table VI. <br />TABLE VI -_ <br />PROSTTTUT]ON AND RELATED ARRESTS <br />FOR SELECTED BLOCKFRONTS <br />JUNE, -JULY, & AUGUST 1993 . <br />BLOCKFRONT <br />JUNE <br />__ <br />JULY ' <br />AUGUST <br />T—TOTAL <br />8 AVENUE - <br />_; . <br />::- ...:: <br />--::.. -5 <br />142-45 Streets) <br />- ... ..._ _._ <br />9 AVENUE <br />0 <br />p <br />p <br />0. - <br />(42-45 Streets) <br />8 AVENUE <br />7 <br />1 <br />1 <br />9 <br />(45-48 Streets) <br />9 AVENUE <br />3 <br />10 <br />1 ' <br />14 <br />(45-48 Streets) <br />Source: Now York City Police Departrnen4 Insight Associates <br />In addition, there were 7 arrests for Patronizing a Prostitute for this month. <br />EVER0021 9 33 <br />