NEWYORK: Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced that in the first nine months of 2025, New York City saw the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history.
This city also experienced the fewest shooting incidents ever for any third quarter and for the months of July and September.
The NYPD also delivered the safest third quarter ever on the subways, including all-time lows in transit crime for the months of July, August, and September, excluding the pandemic years.
These record-low numbers helped drive the city’s seventh straight quarter of declines in major crime, which has consistently decreased every quarter since January 2024.
“The NYPD’s precision policing has delivered record-low shooting incidents and victims over the last nine months, and the safest quarter ever on our subways,” said NYPD Commissioner Tisch.
“This is not a coincidence — it’s the result of an unprecedented, data-driven deployment of thousands of officers to the areas they are needed most. They were given a clear mandate to get the guns and go after violent gangs — and they delivered. These historic public safety milestones are a direct reflection of their relentless efforts and Mayor Adams’ unwavering support of the NYPD.”
“At the start of our administration we went to work to sweep out crime and illegal activities from our neighborhoods, and our 2025 third quarter crime data shows that our public safety apparatus is working,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
“But it is not just the quarter — overall crime is down for the second year in a row and shootings for the first nine months of the year are at their lowest levels in recorded history. We have been clear: This administration will never tolerate a feeling of anything goes on our streets or in our neighborhoods, and because of our steadfast focus on public safety, the deep bench of leaders we’ve put in place at police headquarters, and the hard work of the brave men and women of the NYPD, New York City remains the safest big city in America, the best place to raise a family, and a place where you know that your city is looking out for you.”
In the first nine months of the year, citywide shooting incidents are down more than 20% (553 vs. 693) to their lowest level ever and 15.6% (216 vs. 256) for the third quarter, the fewest shootings in any third quarter in recorded history. Shooting victims are down 19% (694 vs. 857) for this year — the lowest level ever — and down 11% for the third quarter.
Shooting incidents fell by double digits in four of the five boroughs last quarter, led by a 25% (80 vs. 108) reduction in the Bronx, a 20% (4 vs. 5) reduction on Staten Island, a nearly 19% (30 vs. 37) drop in Manhattan, and a 17% (28 vs. 34) reduction in Queens. In Brooklyn, shootings were up 2.8% for the quarter, which represents two more shooting incidents in that borough from a year ago.
These record-low shooting numbers were largely driven by the NYPD’s Summer Violence Reduction Plan, a data-driven, precision-policing strategy that resulted in consistent declines during the summer months.
The plan was the largest deployment of its kind — 72 zones covering 59 communities with up to 2,300 uniformed officers assigned to nightly foot posts in precincts, public housing, and the subway system to address high crime and shooting areas.
Over the past 19 weeks in the summer zones, shooting incidents fell 47% (59 vs. 112) and shooting victims dropped 44% (77 vs 137). For overall shooting incidents, Manhattan North saw a 78% (3 vs.14) drop, Brooklyn North a 46% (20 vs. 37) decline and the Bronx a 40% (28 vs. 47) decrease.
Every single borough during deployment experienced a reduction in crime — with overall crime down 18% (1,817 vs. 2,225), felony assaults down 25% (487 vs. 650), robberies down 23% (462 vs. 601), murders down 18% (18 vs. 22), auto theft down 15% (277 vs. 325), grand larceny down 12% (334 vs. 382), and burglary down 0.8% (234 vs. 236). Building on the unmitigated success of the summer zones, the NYPD is continuing its zone strategy into the fall.
In addition to the summer zones, the NYPD’s work to target and take down the most dangerous gangs continues to play a role in driving down shootings and removing guns from the streets.
So far this year, NYPD detectives have carried out a record-high 55 gang-related takedowns. The NYPD has also seized more than 4,175 illegal guns so far this year, and more than 23,900 guns since the start of Adams administration.
The NYPD also delivered record-low crime numbers below ground with the safest third quarter ever on the subways, including record-low transit crime in July, August, and September. Year-to-date, transit index crime dropped by 4.2% (1,578 vs. 1,648) and in the third quarter by 13.7% (479 vs. 555). Shooting incidents decreased a remarkable 67% (2 vs. 6) year-to-date and overall crime is nearly 12% below pre-pandemic levels.
Along with the transit system, major crime is down in several major crime categories for both year-to-date and the third quarter.
Murders are down citywide by more than 17.7% (241 vs. 293) year-to-date and 17.5% (85 vs. 103) for the quarter, bringing them both to their second-lowest levels ever.
Burglary dropped 3.8% (9,410 vs. 9,783) for the year and more than 9% (3,100 vs. 3,419) in the third quarter, the second lowest level in recorded history.
Robberies declined 9.8% (11,402 vs. 12,639) year-to-date and more than 5% (4,166 vs. 4,396) for the quarter. This marks 1,200 fewer incidents than in 2024, reversing last year’s upward trend.
Grand larceny fell by more than 4% (35,579 vs. 37,092) for the year and 0.5% (13,052 vs. 13,113) for the quarter. Grand larceny auto is experiencing multi-year declines, down by more than 4% (10,387 vs. 10,847) for the year and quarter (3,912 vs. 4,089).
Felony assault is down by 0.8% (22,389 vs. 22,580) for the year and 3.8% (7,716 vs. 8,019) for the quarter.
Finally, in major crime, rape incidents have decreased by 13.2% (158 vs. 182) in September compared to the same period in 2024.
This downward trend comes a year after the law changed to rightfully broaden the legal definition of rape in New York State to include additional forms of sexual assault.
Year-to-date, rape increased by 18.8% (1,513 vs. 1,274) and 13.2% (515 vs. 456) for the quarter. The NYPD recognizes that rape is a traditionally underreported crime and continues to encourage survivors of sexual assault to come forward and report these incidents.
In addition to the declines across major crime, retail theft is down 13% (39,987 vs. 45,919) year-to-date and 18.7% (13,096 vs. 16,095) for the third quarter.
This sea change is the direct result of the department’s overhaul of its approach to combating retail theft, including: deploying officers on foot posts in high propensity locations during the windows of time when retail theft is most likely to occur; placing special emphasis on investigating petit larceny; establishing patterns and identifying recidivists; creating tight coordination with transit officers who catch shoplifters fleeing in the subways; and placing special emphasis on this crime and these cases at weekly CompStat meetings.
In housing developments, crime declined by 4.3% (4,352 vs. 4,548) year-to-date and 5% (1,458 vs. 1,535) for the quarter. Murders declined by 22.6% (24 vs. 31) year-to-date, the lowest level in recorded history.
The number of incidents investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force decreased by 21% (415 vs. 527) year-to-date and 27% (118 vs. 161) for the quarter.
