But while crime has decreased, arrests have risen, reflecting the intensified police activity.

In Brooklyn alone, arrests for all crimes rose from 70,000 in 1986 to 78,000 the next year.

Even if arrests had risen by 50 percent, he said, they had begun at such a low level that the numbers remain below where they should be.

In Westchester, juvenile arrests for robbery rose to 147 from 76 - 93 percent - from 1985 to 1994.

Crime has fallen, he said, while arrests have risen.

At the same time, arrests have risen 8 percent over 1990 to 46,844.

But arrests under the law, which dropped after Mr. Kim took office, have been rising.

Total arrests by the city's Police Department rose 4.4 percent to 198,067, but felony arrests were down 1 percent for the same period.

Apparently, arrests of foreigners in the border town of Orestiada have risen by 640% over a year, compared with an 80% drop on the islands.

Federal, state, and local arrests for drug offenses rose slightly, to 1.35 million, in 1994.