While the city has seen a recent uptick in homicides and shootings, the numbers are actually down in Brooklyn. 

New police numbers show there have been three fewer murders in Brooklyn through April 19, compared with the same time period in 2014.

However, murders are up in The Bronx, Manhattan and Queens.

Shootings in Brooklyn are down nearly 12 percent, but they are up more than five percent across the rest of the city.

And the number of shooting victims is down nearly 16 percent in Brooklyn, compared with about a three percent increase in the other boroughs.

According to the Daily News, police officials give some credit to the decline in Brooklyn to a program called Operation Ceasefire.

The program offers gang members access to social services and tries to get them to avoid resorting to violence.

Officials also credit improved communication between law enforcement agencies.