NYC's Washington Square Park, once a hot spot for 'Friends,' succumbs to urban decay
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The latest available crime data from the NYPD's 6th Precinct, which includes Washington Square Park, shows rapes, murders and felony assaults are up 66.7%, 41.5% and 11.6% year-to-date, respectively. Meanwhile, burglaries and grand larceny are up 87.5% and 27.1%, respectively, within the past month.
In 2020, there were 95,593 total reports of one of the seven major felony offenses, with Precinct 6 accounting for 1,427 of those offenses. In Washington Square Park alone, there were four felony assault complaints and three grand larceny complaints between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2021. Data obtained by THE CITY reveals local residents in Washington Square Park used New York's 311 service to file more than 190 requests between April 1 and June 15, with complaints ranging from drug use and homelessness to the park's cleanliness.
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