Crime has plummeted 65% in Washington Square Park since the NYPD kicked off a 24/7 crackdown at the Greenwich Village landmark targeting dealers, junkies and scofflaws, new data showed.
Cops responded to 16 reported crimes at the problem-plagued park from Nov. 1 through Wednesday, compared to 46 during the same period a year earlier, according to the NYPD data exclusively provided to The Post.
Major crimes like assaults and robbery fell even further — 89% — with only two reported since the NYPD flooded the zone, compared to 19 during the same period in 2024.
There have been no major crimes reported at the park since Nov. 19.
Grand larcenies saw the biggest drop: 92%.
Christine Economos, who lives a half-block away from the park and is president of NYPD’s Sixth Precinct Community Council, praised cops for “cleaning up” the beleaguered space.
“I don’t see any drug activity there at all,” she told The Post Friday. “The homeless people have also left, and it’s the old park again.”
“You can walk through,” added Economos, who moved to the Village in the 1970s when the park was still known as a place where hippies smoked weed rather than junkies shooting up in public.
“I mean, people can bring their kids to the playgrounds . . . It’s totally changed. A 100% turnaround.”
The city’s 911 operators from Nov. 1 through Wednesday also saw a 62% drop in calls about the park, from 37 to 14, while 311 calls about the park declined 11%, from 36 to 32.
“This is the NYPD at work: crime is down, quality of life issues are being addressed, and families are coming back to enjoy the park,” said an NYPD spokesperson.
After the NYPD and the feds in late October busted a massive drug-dealing ring that was brazenly operating at the park, the NYPD assigned 68 police officers — predominantly from the Sixth Precinct — to patrol the park around-the-clock.
In addition to the rank-and-file officers, nine supervisors were assigned to the operation, including a lieutenant and three sergeants for each of the morning and afternoon shifts, and a sergeant for the night shift.
The Post has continually reported on the worsening conditions at the park over the past few years as the combined effect of criminal-friendly legislation and the worsening opioid crisis turned the space into a depraved drug den, with addicts openly shooting up and dealers brazenly plying their trade in broad daylight.
Mayor Eric Adams, whose term expires at the end of December, called the park crackdown the latest example of how committed his administration has been to boosting public safety the past four years
“When New Yorkers complained about crime and quality of life in the neighborhood, we knew we had to act quickly,” the retired NYPD captain told The Post Friday.
“Since launching 24/7 patrols in this area, overall crime has dropped a whopping 65 percent, showing that more police really does have an exponential impact on making our city safer.”
“Until our last day in office, we will continue to back New York’s Finest as we make our city safer and improve quality of life across all five boroughs,” added Adams.
