NYC Sees Record Lows In Murders, Shootings To Start 2025

NEW YORK CITY — New York City has recorded its fewest number of murders and shootings in decades through the first five months of 2025, Mayor Eric Adams announced.

From January through May, there were 264 shootings citywide, down from the previous record low of 267 by the same point in 2018, according to Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

In addition, there were 112 homicides from January through May, fewer than the 113 recorded in 2014 and 2017, during the same time period, according to NYPD data. Through May, there were 18 murders and 54 shootings reported.

The previous record low was set in 2019, when New York City recorded 61 shootings and 19 homicides.

"This is not just a statistical win — these numbers represent thousands of New Yorkers who are alive today and safer today, families who can sleep more soundly at night, and communities that are thriving because they know their city isn’t just coming back from the throes of the pandemic — it is back,” Adams said. “These historic achievements are the direct result of our administration’s commitment to precision policing, strategic deployment of resources, and the tireless dedication of the brave men and women of the NYPD."

Tisch said the results came from the NYPD relentlessly going after guns on our streets and a data-driven policing strategy that puts more cops in the right places at the right times.

"We will not let up. Our summer violence reduction plan is bold and aggressive and designed to continue driving the same historic safety gains," she said.