A once-sleepy section of Queens considered one of the city’s safest has seen a staggering 62% surge in murders this year — the only NYPD command in the five boroughs to see an increase in killings, new police data show.

Twenty-one people have been killed in Queens North — a command that encompasses eight precincts in Forest Hills, Flushing, Astoria and Elmhurst — up from 13 in the same time span last year.

Equally troubling, the area experienced a 60% rise in shooting victims so far this year — with 31, up from 20. 6

One of the most shocking murders occurred in Jackson Heights on the border between the 115th and 110th Precincts.

Illegal migrant Edwin Cruz-Gomez, 38, struck teenager Jhoanny Alvarez on a sidewalk with his 2009 Chevy Suburban after he made unwanted sexual advances to

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