"In the first eight months of the year, the NYPD drove down shooting incidents and shooting victims to the lowest levels in our city's history, Commissioner Tisch said. Below ground on our subways, we have cut crime down to record lows, excluding the pandemic years. Our focus has been on taking illegal guns off the streets, arresting violent gang members, and deploying our most valuable resource the men and women of the NYPD on foot posts where they are most needed, and the results are clear: Our strategy is working, and our cops are driving down crime."
"Still, while top officials highlighted the first eight months of the year, shootings in August rose 4.1%, with 77 incidents compared with 74 in the same month last year. According to NYPD CompStat, the department's online database, as of Aug. 28, shooting victims were up 11.1% over a 28-day period, with 110 people shot compared with 99 in 2024. Police said much of the violence has been driven by gang activity in Brooklyn and the Bronx."
Statistics released Sept. 2 show that from January through August 2025 there were 489 shooting incidents and 611 victims, the lowest in recorded history compared with 2018's 502 incidents and 612 victims. Overall crime fell 6.7% in August year-over-year. Subway crime dropped 22.4% in August to 156 incidents, a record low excluding the pandemic years. Despite the year-to-date declines, shootings in August rose 4.1% to 77 incidents and a 28-day period through Aug. 28 saw shooting victims up 11.1% (110 versus 99). Much of the violence was driven by gang activity in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
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