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Hempstead and Criminals

Proposal: I plan to uncover information on the crime rate and the different and most commmon types of criminals that reside or hail from Hempstead (or have recently been apprehended) and try to find out what draws them to the area.

Overview

Hempstead, NY is a town with a population of 56,554 people (as of 2000). It is located in Nassau County 19 miles east of New York, New York. The mayor is Wayne J. Hall Sr.

About 28% of adults in Hempstead are married and the town has a "large-family feeling" according to citytowninfo.com. 74% of Hempstead is non-white. In 2000 the median family income was $46,675.

Hempstead has a bad reputation for a high crime rate, being the home to many sex offenders, criminals, and gangs, and is apparently the hide out for many criminals/fugitives.

For example there are currently 26 registered sex offenders living in Hempstead in early 2007 according to city-data.com. That's a ratio of 1 offender for 2175 Hempstead residents.

Facts

According to Fedstats.gov the crime rates for Nassau County are as follows:

Crime Number (Estimate)

Total 5,513

Murder 6

Rape 29

Robbery 357

Aggravated Assault 500

Burglary 684

Larceny - theft 2,950

Motor vehicle thefts 968

Population 289,657

Coverage indicator 94%

According to Fedstats.gov the arrest rates for Nassau County are as follows:

Crime Number (Estimate)

Total 41,276

Murder 31

Rape 54

Robbery 238

Aggravated Assault 1,109

Burglary 849

Larceny - theft 3,425

Motor vehicle thefts 243

Arson 38

Other assaults 4,027

Forgery & counterfeiting 712

Fraud 1,794

Embezzlement 48

Have stolen property 756

Vandalism 1,473

Weapons violations 453

Prostitution and commercial vice 63

Sex offenses 745

Total drug violations 5,836

Gambling 13

Offenses against family & child 907

Driving under influence 8,200

Liquor law violations 840

Drunkenness 0

Disorderly conduct 1,135

Vagrancy 16

All other offenses except traffic 7,979

Population 1,334,544

Coverage indicator 20%

Hempstead is not included in the Nassau County police department’s precincts, the village has its own police department. To contact the Hempstead Police Department call (516) 483-6200.

Hempstead Village Police Department

Hempstead, New York 11551

James Russo, Chief

99 Nichols Court

Hempstead, New York 11550

Emergency 911

Non Emergency 516 – 483-6200

What's to come

More research into recent gang violence, fugitives, and sex offenders who call Hempstead home and if any action is being taken to clean up the town. (Closer inspection of the sources will be conducted as well as interviews with the Hempstead and Nassau County Police Departments, and hopefully a criminologist.)

Sources

http://www.city-data.com/so/so-Hempstead-New-York.html

http://www.fightcrime.org/releases.php?id=115

http://hot-on-the-trail-at.blog-city.com/suspect_composites_from_around_the_us__page_11.htm

http://www.police.co.nassau.ny.us/crimestoppers/wanted.htm

http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/

http://www.fightcrime.org/ny/nygangreport.pdf

http://www.addictionca.com/contact2.htm?state=New%20York&city=Hempstead

http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/regional-content.cfm/state/NY/Article/78656/In-Nassau-County-154-Fugitives-Apprehen.html

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzfugi024875173sep02,0,2448833.story

http://www.villageofhempstead.org/police/police.htm

http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/new-york/hempstead

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=837

http://www.fedstats.gov

http://www.nysmostwanted.com/index.htm