Nassau Crime Lowest in Recorded History: Officials

Crime in Nassau County is the lowest it has been in recorded history, County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced Thursday.

Officials say the county has seen a crime drop of 27 percent since 2009, which includes a 50 percent decrease in residential burglaries, a 46 percent reduction in stolen vehicles and a 43 percent decrease in robberies.

Mangano said the statistics speak for themselves. “Nassau is one of the safest large suburban counties in America and significantly safer than it was seven years ago,” he said in a press release.

In 2016, crime dropped 8.71 percent across all Nassau County Police Department precincts, Nassau County reports.

Crime has steadily dropped since 2010 to make 2016 the lowest reported crime rate in county history since 1966, which is the year crime statistics were first recorded.

Nassau County shared 2016 crime statistics compared to 2015:

• 17 percent reduction in residential burglaries
• 14 percent decrease in robberies
• 8 percent reduction in grand larcenies

The county attributes the reduced crime to a well-trained police force, intelligence-led policing models, strategic communication, advancements in technology, counter-terrorism efforts, programs to protect against active school shooters and the monitoring of social media.

The county’s Gun Buyback program has also taken nearly 4,000 guns off the streets. Some technology advancements include license plate readers and the ShotSpotter system that detects and pinpoints locations of gunfire.

“The Department’s predictive-policing methods are working and we owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women of the Nassau County Police Department who are out there each and every day, getting the job done and ensuring the safety of everyone here in Nassau County,” Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said.

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