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New York City saw the fewest shootings throughout 2025 since the NYPD began recording crime statistics in 1994, alongside a nearly two-year decline in the citywide crime rate, the mayor\u2019s office and NYPD announced Monday.<\/p>\n
The city has recorded 412 shooting incidents in 2025, lower than the previous record of 426 in the first seven months of 2017, according to preliminary NYPD data. Compared with July 2024, major crime across five of seven categories \u2014 murder, robbery, assault, burglary and grand larceny \u2014 decreased, with total crime dropping 5.6%.<\/p>\n
The statistics provide evidence against claims<\/a> from national Republican leaders and some city officials that New York City is unsafe.\u00a0<\/p>\n This month was also the safest July in history for the transit system, which detractors often baselessly accuse of being crime-ridden<\/a>, excluding 2020 and 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically decreased ridership.<\/p>\n Transit crime dropped 8% since last July and housing crime dropped over 15%, according to the police data.\n<\/p>\n The July numbers are a positive indicator for New York City as it enters its seventh consecutive quarter of consistent crime reduction, Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.<\/p>\n The announcement came one week after a mass shooter killed an off-duty police officer and three other people in Midtown on July 28.\n<\/p>\n Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said they hope their announcement honors the legacy of the slain officer, Didarul Islam.\n<\/p>\n \u201cAs we mourn, we must also find ways to turn our pain into purpose; it\u2019s the least we can do to honor the victims,\u201d Adams said. \u201cWhile this incident will forever be a stain on our city, it happened against the backdrop of a larger, more hopeful picture \u2014 one where the brave men and women of the NYPD continue to drive down crime.\u201d<\/p>\n Adams said the perception of artificially high crime rates in New York City comes in part from excess media attention to high-profile crime.\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe feed into what people are feeling, and we have to be honest about that,\u201d Adams said at a press conference. \u201cIf every day, all day, you\u2019re reading about subversive things that can happen in a city of 8.5 million people, you have a tendency to believe that you\u2019re unsafe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The subway system moves 4.6 million passengers per day and reports only five felonies on average, Adams added.\n<\/p>\n New York City had a far lower murder rate in 2024 than the majority of the United States\u2019 largest cities, according to a report<\/a> from the Council on Criminal Justice Reform, an independent think tank.<\/p>\n Adams credited his administration\u2019s recent launch<\/a> of NYPD Qualify of Life teams \u2014 which address New Yorkers\u2019 feelings of security and well-being, adding to traditional police work \u2014 with some of the reduction. Tisch also cited the NYPD\u2019s focus on gang violence, noting that police detectives have arrested 347 gang members and associates in 2025.<\/p>\n