NYPD posts drop in crime in NYC in Jan., including historic low in murders; how did Staten Island do?

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island led the way with zero murders as New York City recorded the least amount of gun violence in its history last month.

“For the first month of the year, the women and men of the NYPD delivered the fewest shooting incidents, victims, and murders in recorded history,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement. “These results show that this department remains focused on building on the historic public safety gains made last year.

“Our strategy is simple: don’t just get tough on crime, get smart. And deploy the best police officers in the nation to get it done and make New York safer.”

The precincts on Staten Island and in Manhattan did not report any murders in January, according to statistics supplied to the Advance/SILive.com by the NYPD. The city uses CompStat, a computerized system, to track crimes in the five boroughs.

Staten Island recorded a historically low number of shooting incidents and murders during 2025.

Staten Island continues a positive downward trend with overall crime on Staten Island declining 12.4% to 234 incidents in January from 267 last year.

The steepest dive in crime was in burglaries, down 85.4%, with seven burglaries compared to 48.

Petty larcenies dropped 35.1%, to 253 thefts versus 390.

Grand larceny auto dipped slightly, down 1%, with 22 thefts of vehicles compared to 23.

Some upward trends were tallied in January on Staten Island.

Grand larceny increased by 10.9%, up to 112 thefts from 101 last year.

Felony assaults were nearly flat last month, with a 1.6% increase to 63 from 62.

Major crimes drop citywide

Overall major crimes were down 6.7% citywide in January, to 8,338 incidents from 8,940 last year, according to the NYPD.

Murders declined in every borough to their lowest level for January, shattering the previous record of 22 set in 2018 and 2022. Killings plummeted 60%, to 12 murders from 30.

Shootings declined 20%, to 40 from 50, while the number of gunshot victims dropped by 30.9%, to 47 versus 68.

Burglaries fell 27.8%, to 854 compared to 1,183, a historic low for January.

Robberies declined 9.9%, to 993 from 1,102. Auto theft fell 4%, to 867 from 903. Grand larceny dipped 2.3%, to 3,376 compared to 3,454. Felony assault decreased 2%, to 2,069 from 2,111.

Retail theft fell 16%, to 3,844 from 4,596.

Rape increased by 6.4%, to 167 versus 157, partly due to legislative changes that broadened the legal definition of the crime.