NYC Saw 20% Drop In Homicides In 2025, Record-Low Shootings & Victims: NYPD

NEW YORK CITY — 2025 proved to be a record-setting year in New York City, which saw the fewest shootings and shooting victims in the city’s recorded history, the NYPD announced on Tuesday.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch along with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul disclosed that there were 688 shooting incidents in the city last year — 10 percent below the previous record set in 2018 and a 24 percent decrease from 2024.

“We see the headlines, and we hear the pundits talk about crime being out of control in our city," Tisch said. "These numbers tell a very different story.”

In 2025, there was a historic low 856 shooting victims, which was 5 percent less than the previous record in 2018 and 247 fewer people than in 2024.

According to the NYPD, homicides drop 20 percent from 2024 to 2025 with 305 total incidents. In addition, robberies decreased nearly 10 percent with 1,600 fewer incidents compared to 2024.

2025 also saw a 4 percent reduction in burglaries, 5 percent decline in auto theft and 2 percent in grand larceny incidents.

Tisch credited the record-setting year to the NYPD's "deliberate, data-driven strategy" and increased deployment of officers into high-crime areas and the city's subway system.

Major crime on the subways fell 4 percent, with the department touting that 2025 was the safest year on the subway system since 2009.

"Each of these markers of achievement is a testament to a police department that cares about this city and works with this city to remake this city," Mamdani said during the press conference.