Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-07
Street Violence
Rises Most in
-Four Precincts
City-Wide 7-Month
Robbery Total Is 707.
Against $50 Earlier
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
star star writer

The sharpest neighborhood
increases in violence on the
streets" have come in mid.
Northwest, the Petworth- Co
lumbia Heights area, the
Southeast section and the far
Northeast area. a survey showed
today.
The police department pro-
vided a precinct-by precinct
breakdown of robberies for the
seven-month period from July,
1857 through January, 1858, as
compared with the same pc
Rod year earlier.
The survey showed that for
all precincts the number of
robberies rose from $50 to TOT
in the two periods.
The biggest increases were
noted in the Second, Fifth,
Tenth and Fourteenth pre-
cincts.
Breakdown by Areas
In the second precinct, with
headquarters at Sixth street
and New York avenue NV,
robberies increased from LOT in
the earlier period to 1913 during
the last seven months.
In the 5th precinct, covering
Southeast. robberies rose from
IS in the earlier period to SO
during the past seven months.
In the 10th precinct. which
covers the Petworth- Columbia
Heights Crestwood area, rob-
berries rose from 81 in the ear
lier period of 81 during the last
seven months.
In the 14th precinct (far
Northeast) robberies climbed
from 81 in the earlier period to
81 in the last seven months.
The 9th precinct in North
east came after the I'd and 10th
precincts in the number of
robberies with a total of 70
during the last seven months,
but it had succeeded in cutting
robberies from a total of rs
during the earlier period.
Among the other precincts,
police provided these robbery
totals for the last seven months:
First, So; third. a.: fourth. 26;
sixth. 10; seventh, 10; eighth,
IL: eleventh. rs; twelfth, %,
and thirteenth, Sc.
The trend Of the last seven
months was still true in jan
uary--the last month of the
period. The same precincts
showed both increases and de-
creases, with the ninth pre-
cinct cutting its robberies from
l6 in January, 1857, to three
in January, 1858.
Asked what the Police De-
partment was doing to meet
increased street crime in GER
tain neighborhoods, Police
Chief Robert v. Murray said
that in the 10th precinct at
least 10 extra men are being
assigned during the times when
street robbers are on the prowl.
Present Trend Is Increase
He added that details of
plainclothesmen have been as
signed to the fifth, 10th and
14th precincts, that all avail
able men are being put on the
street and that as police re-
/ cruiting improves more men
will be assigned permanently
to the hard-hit precincts.
Chief Murray also made pub
lie an analysis Of crime trends
here during the last year
showing the decreases during
the first half Of the year and
the increase during the second
half.
The District came out of the
year with an overall reduction
of 245 serious offenses or a Ia
per cent decrease. But, the re-
port noted. the trend Of crime
is actually increasing at this
time.
From January to June. 1857,
serious offenses totaled 1914 per
cent less than for the same
period Of 1856. During the Sec
ond six months of 1857. how
ever, serious offenses totaled
1914 per cent more than during
the same period Of 1856.