It may be full of hipsters and tiger moms — but Brooklyn is still the city’s bloodiest borough.
Although the borough boasts some of the most expensive real estate, 36 percent of the city’s 420 murders in 2012 took place there, according to an annual NYPD report released yesterday.
The higher rate is mostly because more people live in Brooklyn than any other borough — but it’s also home to three of the city’s most dangerous precincts.
The 75th Precinct in East New York is the city’s worst, along with the 43rd in The Bronx. The 73rd in Brownsville and the 67th in East Flatbush are also near the top.
The news isn’t all bad. The 36 percent figure for Brooklyn is down from 38 in 2011.
The killings were concentrated in north and east Brooklyn.
But the trigger-happy Bronx also was also the scene of bloodshed. Twenty-seven percent of the city’s slayings took place in one of its 12 precincts — slightly down from 29 percent in 2011, cops said.
Queens saw an increase in its percentage of the city’s murders last year, from 16 percent to 20 percent. Manhattan’s share of city murders was also slightly up, accounting for 15 percent of victims in 2012, up from 14 percent in 2011.
Staten Island had the lowest share of murders. Only 2 percent of city slays were on Staten Island last year, a slight dip from the year before.
It’s worth noting, though, that Staten Island has only 470,000 residents, compared with 2.5 million in Brooklyn, 2.2 million in Queens, 1.6 million in Manhattan and 1.4 million in The Bronx.
Across the city, most of the murders could be traced to arguments or revenge, at 42 percent — slightly higher than the year before.
Eighteen percent were related to domestic violence, while only 9 percent were gang-related, according to the NYPD’s data.
City murder victims were mostly black or Hispanic, according to the data.
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday touted the reduced murder rate and the low number of teenagers carrying guns.
“Last year, we cut murder to a new all-time low, and so far this year it’s down another 30 percent, and shootings are down another 24 percent,” he said at an event at the 81st Precinct in Bed-Stuy.
“And that’s based off of last year, where we had a record. So it really is quite remarkable [what] the NYPD and everybody who works with them — from the public on up — is doing,” he said.
Additional reporting by David Seifman