Crime Surges Over 70% in AOC’s District Since She Took Office, NYPD Data Shows

Major crime has skyrocketed in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s New York congressional district since she assumed office in 2019, with NYPD data revealing a 70% increase across the precincts that make up her Bronx and Queens territory—more than double the citywide rise of 30% over the same period.

Crime skyrocketed in AOC’s district by 70%—that’s more than double NYC’s average.

Sex-trafficking victims were dragged into a section of her district known as Roosevelt Avenue and that area saw a 105% surge.

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The analysis, conducted using NYPD’s historical crime records, focused on seven major felony offenses: murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and auto theft.

Of the six precincts that remained part of the 14th Congressional District during Ocasio-Cortez’s tenure—43rd and 45th in the Bronx, and 109th, 110th, 114th, and 115th in Queens—all reported crime surges well above the city’s average increase.

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The largest increase occurred in the 110th Precinct in Queens, which includes part of the Roosevelt Avenue corridor, a known hub for illegal prostitution and human trafficking.

Major crime in that precinct rose by 105%.

The adjacent 115th Precinct, which serves Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, and north Corona, reported an 85% rise.

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Local residents have expressed frustration over the decline in public safety and accused Ocasio-Cortez of neglecting her constituents while pursuing a national political profile.

“She’s not doing sh*t. She doesn’t live in the neighborhood, she doesn’t care,” said Guadelupe Alvarez, a lifelong Elmhurst resident living in the 110th Precinct.

Alvarez, a former supporter of Ocasio-Cortez, said she has watched her community deteriorate, citing gang activity, car thefts, assaults, and the presence of a brothel directly across from her childhood home.

Alvarez recalled attempting to raise her concerns directly with the congresswoman during a town hall in the Bronx last year but said she was brushed off.

“She ignored me and told me, ‘You can ask this person questions’… who I guess was her assistant,” she said. “She did a very silent exit through the back.”

“I can’t wait to get – pardon my language – the f**k out of here,” Alvarez added.

“It makes me so sad that they’ve done that to push me out of my neighborhood. And I’m not the only one.”

Ramses Frias, a Republican candidate for City Council and resident of Elmhurst, also criticized Ocasio-Cortez for failing to address the escalating violence and disorder.

“You have a mouth to speak up. People are suffering. They’re scared to go outside,” Frias told The New York Post.

In January, residents petitioned the federal government to intervene in response to widespread illegal activity, including open-air prostitution, gang violence, and assaults. While there was a brief law enforcement response, residents say conditions returned to previous levels by March.

Despite the rising crime statistics, Ocasio-Cortez has remained largely silent on the issue. Critics argue her rhetoric during the height of the “defund the police” movement has contributed to the NYPD’s recruitment crisis and deteriorating morale.

At the peak of the movement in 2020, Ocasio-Cortez criticized a $1.5 billion proposed NYPD budget cut as insufficient, stating, “Defunding police means defunding police.”

That same year, the NYPD canceled a cadet class that would have added over 1,100 officers. In 2021, she dismissed concerns about rising crime as “hysteria” and claimed in 2022 that “police budgets have nothing to do with crime levels.”

In 2023, she and other members of the progressive “Squad” voted against a resolution condemning efforts to defund local law enforcement.

Hannah Meyers, director of policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute, said public safety has suffered as a result of such messaging.

“Nobody wants to be a police officer, it’s been so villainized,” she said.

“It’s her district, she’s supposed to be looking out for people there.”

Meyers noted that most victims of the rising crime are minorities. “You’re not helping the victims of crime by talking about how the system is racist. Rhetoric is really powerful.”

Betsy Brantner Smith, spokesperson for the National Police Association, said, “If you don’t feel safe, you’re not free.”

She added, “Most people in her district are fearful. They don’t feel like they can walk out the door without encountering a drug dealer or a purse snatcher or a hooker.”

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