Editing Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (section)

==Police and crime==
Hell's Kitchen is patrolled by two precincts of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Find Your Precinct and Sector – NYPD |website=www.nyc.gov |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-precinct.page |access-date=March 3, 2019 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304213813/https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-precinct.page |url-status=live }}</ref> The area south of 42nd Street is patrolled by the 10th Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]], located at 230 West 20th Street in Chelsea.<ref name="NYPD 10th Precinct">{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/10th-precinct.page |title=NYPD – 10th Precinct |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=[[New York City Police Department]] |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324105320/http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/10th-precinct.page |url-status=live }}</ref> The area north of 42nd Street is patrolled by the 18th (Midtown North) Precinct, located at 306 West 54th Street.<ref name="NYPD 18th Precinct">{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/midtown-north-precinct.page |title=NYPD – 18th Precinct |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=[[New York City Police Department]] |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-date=May 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520193229/http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/midtown-north-precinct.page |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, the 10th Precinct ranked 61st safest out of 69 NYC patrol areas for per-capita crime,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/chelsea/ |title=Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report |website=www.dnainfo.com |access-date=October 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415065149/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/chelsea |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> while the Midtown North and Midtown South precincts ranked 69th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/midtown/ |title=Midtown Manhattan – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report |website=www.dnainfo.com |access-date=October 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415055338/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/midtown |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, with a non-fatal assault rate was 34 per 100,000 people, Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea's rate of [[violent crime]]s per capita was less than the city average. The incarceration rate of 313 per 100,000 people was lower than the city average.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|8}}

The 10th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 69.3% between 1990 and 2023. The precinct reported no murders, 9 rapes, 135 robberies, 159 felony assaults, 137 burglaries, 759 grand larcenies, and 77 grand larcenies auto in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-010pct.pdf |title=10th Precinct CompStat Report |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=[[New York City Police Department]] |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413201333/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-010pct.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The 18th Precinct also has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 83.6% between 1990 and 2023. The precinct reported 3 murders, 9 rapes, 137 robberies, 184 felony assaults, 130 burglaries, 1,979 grand larcenies, and 83 grand larcenies auto in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-018pct.pdf |title=18th Precinct CompStat Report |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=[[New York City Police Department]] |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328191549/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-018pct.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>