So much for sweating bullets in the summer heat.<\/p>\n
The Big Apple so far this year kept up its historic streak of record-low shootings, even after the summer when gun violence typically spikes, NYPD officials revealed Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Shootings and the number of gun violence victims plunged to the lowest levels in the city\u2019s history for the nine months of the year, according to newly released crime statistics.<\/p>\n
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited a massive deployment of cops \u2014 who were mobilized from desk jobs to foot posts \u2014 into high-crime \u201csummer zones\u201d for the sustained decline in gun crime.<\/p>\n
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited the record-low shooting numbers to a massive deployment of cops to high-crime \u201csummer zones.\u201d X\/NYPDnews<\/p>\n
\u201cUp to 2,300 cops were sent to work in 72 summer zones across nearly 60 communities last May, the largest deployment of its kind in NYPD history,\u201d she said in a news conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this strategy wasn\u2019t just about size, it was about planned precision, and it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n
The newly released third-quarter crime stats also showed the city\u2019s subways were the safest they\u2019ve ever been for a July, August and September.<\/p>\n
Subway crime so far this year is down more than 4%, hitting the lowest level in 15 years outside the coronavirus shutdown, the numbers show.<\/p>\n
\u201cOutside of the COVID years, we just had the safest third quarter ever in transit with major crime falling by nearly 14%,\u201d Tisch said.<\/p>\n
The freshly unveiled NYPD statistics show nearly all major felonies fell in September compared to the same month last year, led by a 27% drop in murders. <\/p>\n
Year-to-date, murder is down nearly 18% compared to the same span in 2024, the data shows.<\/p>\n
Mayor Eric Adams made his first public appearance Wednesday since announcing he wouldn\u2019t seek re-election. X\/NYPDnews<\/p>\n
Rape was the only major crime to rise during the last quarter and year-to-date, with 13% and 19% increases, respectively, according to data. <\/p>\n
Police officials have attributed the rise in rapes to New York law recently broadening the crime\u2019s definition.<\/p>\n
The city saw 553 shooting incidents so far this year, compared to 693 recorded during the same span in 2024, data shows.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The 216 shootings during the third-quarter this year were New York City\u2019s lowest in recorded history, officials said.<\/p>\n