In late September, the Norwood News obtained crime statistics for each of the 15 sectors (or neighborhoods) in the 52nd Precinct, which includes all of the neighborhoods that make up the Norwood News’ primary coverage area, including Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham, Fordham-Bedford, University Heights and Kingsbridge Heights. The precinct also includes the areas surrounding the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo, which have no population and very little crime. Those two areas, Sectors P and Q, are not included in the map below, but are included in all of the statistical graphs and number charts.
In the graph below (and the numbers chart at the bottom of this post), we have aggregated all of the statistics in each neighborhood to give you a six-year sample of how crime trends compare by neighborhood. Crimes include murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and auto theft. If you would like to request specific numbers from your neighborhood (from a certain year or month), please send us an email at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.
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It would be some work, but it would be helpful to divide the number of crimes by the population in each sector to get the crime rate.
That would still be skewed along Fordham Road because of the large non-resident population, but it would help.