"New York City saw the lowest number of shootings and shooting victims in its recorded history through the first nine months of 2025, continuing a nearly two-year decline in major crime, city officials announced Wednesday. Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said shootings, murders, robberies, and other major crimes have fallen to levels not seen in decades, capping the city's seventh straight quarter of overall crime reduction since January 2024."
"These are not a coincidence, Tisch said. It is a direct result of an unprecedented, precise, data-driven deployment of thousands of officers. We took cops out of desk jobs and put them on high-visibility foot posts where and when they were needed most, and we told them to get the guns and to go after the gangs, and they did that in unprecedented fashion."
New York City recorded the lowest number of shootings and shooting victims through the first nine months of 2025 in recorded history, extending a nearly two-year decline in major crime. Citywide shooting incidents fell more than 20 percent year-to-date (553 versus 693), and shooting victims declined 19 percent to 694; third-quarter shootings were down nearly 16 percent. The city experienced its seventh straight quarter of overall crime reduction since January 2024. Murders dropped nearly 18 percent year-to-date and in the third quarter. Burglaries, robberies, grand larcenies, and auto thefts also declined, reversing post-pandemic trends. A data-driven deployment of thousands of officers emphasized high-visibility foot posts and targeted gang and gun enforcement.
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