The Big Apple just went 12 days without a single homicide — the longest streak in nearly a decade, the NYPD said Monday.
The zero-homicide stretch ended Sunday night when a 38-year-old man was shot in the head in the Bronx.
Prior to the latest slaying, New York City hasn’t gone that many consecutive days without a homicide since 2015, according to police.
Cops arrive at the scene of a fatal shooting in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. William Miller
Guns of various sizes and calibers are displayed at a news conference following a gun buyback event in the East New York section of Brooklyn on December 06, 2025. Getty Images
“Right strategy. Great execution. That’s how you set record after record,” NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said as she touted the latest crime figures.
“Thank you to the members of the NYPD who have sacrificed so much this year to drive down violent crime to record lows.”
Meanwhile, murders dropped last month to the lowest level since 2018 with 16 slayings, the latest crime data shows.
NYPD officers put three women in handcuffs during an arrest in the Bronx. Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock
In November, there were also zero murders in all of Queens and Staten Island, police said.
Overall murder was also down 46.6% last month compared to November 2024, according to the crime stats.