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Violent crime falls across Hudson Valley, up in Yonkers and Rockland

Originally published: November 26, 2012 1:26 PM
Updated: November 26, 2012 5:51 PM
By KEN SCHACHTER  kenneth.schachter@cablevision.com

Members of the White Plains Police Department's Neighborhood

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Members of the White Plains Police Department's Neighborhood Conditions Unit patrol Mamaroneck Avenue near East Post Road, a block that has 10 bars and restaurants. (June 6, 2012)

Violent crime declined across the Hudson Valley in 2011 except in its largest city, Yonkers, and Rockland County, where it increased from the prior year and when compared to five-year averages.

Rockland reported a 20 percent boost in violent crimes -- homicide, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault -- versus 2010 and a 7.2 increase above the average of 514.6 incidents a year from 2007...

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