New York City logged the fewest shooting incidents, shooting victims and murders in recorded history for the first two months of the year this year, the NYPD said Monday.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the city saw 83 shooting incidents and 97 shooting victims in January and February combined, beating previous record lows of 92 incidents in 2025 and 105 victims in 2019.
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The city logged the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in January and February combined, beating previous record lows set in 2025 and 2019
The city also recorded 32 murders in January and February, dropping below the previous record low set in 2018
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited “targeted, data-driven policing” for helping to reduce crime
The NYPD said most major crimes, including burglary, robbery, felony assault, grand larceny and auto theft, saw year-over-year declines
The city also recorded 32 murders in January and February, dropping below the previous record low of 38 the five boroughs saw in those two months in 2018, according to the NYPD.
The NYPD has been tracking crime statistics via CompStat since 1994. Tisch credited “targeted, data-driven policing” for helping to reduce crime.
“The men and women of the NYPD brought major crime down in every borough and there were 1,100 fewer reported crimes than last year,” she said in a statement. “From our public housing — which had historic lows in crime — to our streets and subways, we will always stay focused on keeping New Yorkers safe, and I thank every member of the NYPD for their continued work in getting us here.”
Overall, major crime fell nearly 8% in February compared to last year, going from 8,250 incidents to 7,596, according to NYPD data.
Murders dropped 33.3%, declining from 24 to 16 — the second fewest number of murders for any February during the CompStat era, police said.
The NYPD said burglary was down by 19.8% year over year, robbery was down by 6.4%, felony assault was down by 6.1%, grand larceny was down by 6.8% and auto theft was down by 5.8%.
However, transit crime did increase by 18.5% compared to February 2025, going from 162 reported incidents to 192. In response to the increase, the NYPD has deployed around 140 additional police officers per day into the transit system, the department said.
Reported rape also rose nearly 2% in February, with 161 incidents reported compared to 158 in February 2025, partly due to legislative changes expanding the definition of rape in New York state, according to the department.
Beginning in February, the NYPD also announced it has changed how it reports hate crimes to the public. The department plans to only report incidents that have been investigated and confirmed by its Hate Crimes Task Force.
Under the updated methodology, the NYPD said it recorded 38 hate crimes in February, including 21 anti-Jewish incidents.