{"id":31185,"date":"2025-07-02T00:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/31185\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:16:15","slug":"city-sees-drop-in-all-major-crimes-shootings-in-june-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/31185\/","title":{"rendered":"City sees drop in all major crimes, shootings in June: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city saw drops in all of its major crime categories in June, as well as a double-digit drop in shootings, NYPD statistics released Tuesday show.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, major crime declined by 6% last month compared to June 2024, with a 13.9% drop in murders \u2014 from 36 to 31.<\/p>\n<p>Robberies were down 6%, from 1,445 to 1,359; felony assaults were down 8.1%, from 2,915 to 2,680; burglaries were down 10.6%, from 989 to 884; grand larcenies were down 4.8%, from 4,066 to 3,869; car thefts were down 1.3%, from 1,252 to 1,236; and reported rapes were down 7.3%, from 179 to 163.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting incidents, meanwhile, were down nearly 30% year over year, from 107 in June 2024 to 75 last month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/pr011\/nypd-record-low-shooting-victims-first-half-2025\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/pr011\/nypd-record-low-shooting-victims-first-half-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the statistics reveal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first six months of the year also saw a 6% drop in major crime, with murder down 23%, robbery down 13%, grand larceny down 7%, auto theft down 4.5% and felony assault down 1%, the NYPD said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the department recorded 337 shootings from January through June \u2014 a 23% drop from the same period last year \u2014 and 397 shooting victims, a 24% decline year over year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first six months of the year, New York City saw the lowest number of shooting victims and shooting incidents in recorded history,\u201d NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement. \u201cRecords like this don\u2019t happen by chance \u2014 they happen because of strategy, precision, and the relentless work of your NYPD officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citywide, transit crime dropped by 6.4% year over year in June, with 175 crimes committed in the subway system compared to 187 in June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Hate crime was also down 22% in June, with 76 incidents reported in June 2024 compared to 59 last month.<\/p>\n<p>However, while reported rape was down year over year in June, it was up by 20.5% year to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increase is partially attributed to legislative changes in September 2024 that broadened New York State\u2019s legal definition of rape to include additional forms of sexual assault,\u201d the NYPD said in its release. \u201cMany reported incidents involve individuals known to one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NYPD continues to encourage survivors to come forward and report these crimes,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city saw drops in all of its major crime categories in June, as well as a double-digit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12170,7448,26406,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5292,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-31185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-public-safety","10":"tag-app-top-stories","11":"tag-estefania-hernandez","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-public-safety","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114780765225021831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}