Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

==Police and crime==
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|caption1=The 33rd Precinct, serving Washington Heights South
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|caption2=The 34th Precinct, serving Washington Heights North and Inwood
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Washington Heights is served by two precincts of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Find Your Precinct and Sector – NYPD|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-precinct.page|access-date=April 15, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]}}</ref> The area south of 179th Street is served by the 33rd Precinct, located at 2207 [[Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)|Amsterdam Avenue]],<ref name="NYPD 33rd Precinct">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/33rd-precinct.page|title=33rd Precinct|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> while the 34th Precinct, located at 4295 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], serves the north side of the neighborhood along with Inwood.<ref name="NYPD 34th Precinct">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/34th-precinct.page|title=34th Precinct|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>

The precinct was split in 1994 to increase police presence in Washington Heights at a time of very high crime rates,<ref name="nrprecinctsplit"/> but crime has fallen drastically since then.<ref name="NYPD 33rd Precinct CS"/><ref name="NYPD 34th Precinct CS"/> {{As of|2018}}, the neighborhood has a non-fatal assault hospitalization rate of 43 per 100,000 people (compared to 59 per 100,000 citywide) and an incarceration rate of 482 per 100,000 adults (425 per 100,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|8}}

In 2023, the 34th Precinct reported four murders, 14 rapes, 215 robberies, 349 felony assaults, 151 burglaries, 575 [[grand larceny|grand larcenies]], and 231 [[motor vehicle theft|grand auto larcenies]].<ref name="crime map">{{cite web|url=https://maps.nyc.gov/crime/|access-date=February 5, 2023|title=NYC Crime Map|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]}}</ref> The number of crimes committed in these categories fell by 30.2% between 1998 and 2023.<ref name="NYPD 34th Precinct CS">{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-034pct.pdf|title=34th Precinct CompStat Report|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref> In the same year, the 33rd Precinct reported eight murders, eight rapes, 177 robberies, 243 felony assaults, 115 burglaries, 359 grand larcenies, and 142 grand auto larcenies.<ref name="NYPD 33rd Precinct CS">{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-033pct.pdf|title=33rd Precinct CompStat Report|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref> The number of crimes committed in these categories fell by 36.8% between 1998 and 2023.<ref name="NYPD 33rd Precinct CS"/>