New York City saw another decline in major crimes in October, with murders, shootings and subway crime all reaching new lows, according to newly released NYPD statistics.
Overall major crime dropped 6.5% last month compared to October 2024, NYPD data shows. Murders fell nearly 49% year over year, with 18 homicides recorded compared to 35 a year ago — tying 2018 for the lowest number of murders in any October since the NYPD began tracking crime statistics via CompStat in 1994, the agency said.
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New York City saw another decline in major crimes in October, with murders, shootings and subway crime all reaching new lows, according to newly released NYPD statistics
Overall major crime dropped 6.5% last month compared to October 2024, NYPD data shows. Murders fell nearly 49% year over year, with 18 homicides recorded compared to 35 a year ago
Shooting incident were also down sharply. The city saw 43 shootings and 50 shooting victims last month, compared to 82 shootings and 91 victims in October 2024 — a drop of roughly 48% and 45%, respectively
According to NYPD statistics, transit crime also hit a new low during October, dropping 14.4%
Shooting incident were also down sharply. The city saw 43 shootings and 50 shooting victims last month, compared to 82 shootings and 91 victims in October 2024 — a drop of roughly 48% and 45%, respectively.
NYPD officials said those figured represent the fewest shootings and shooting victims recorded in the month of October during the CompStat era.
During the first 10 months of the year, the city logged just under 600 shooting incidents and around 745 shooting victims, both the lowest year-to-day totals in the CompStat era, according to department officials.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited the efforts of officers across the city for the declines.
“This isn’t luck or coincidence — it’s the direct result of our precision policing strategy and the relentless work of the men and women of the NYPD who carry out this plan and make our city safer,” she said in a statement.
Mayor Eric Adams also praised the drops, calling public safety his administration’s “North Star.”
“With major crimes continuing to decline into our eighth straight quarter, our administration’s precision policing strategy is working,” he said in a statement.
According to NYPD statistics, transit crime also hit a new low during October, dropping 14.4% from last year. The department said that July through October were the safest four months on the subways since CompStat launched, excluding the pandemic years, when ridership was at significant lows.
Other major crime categories to see year-over-year declines in October included robberies falling 11.6%, burglaries dropping 8.9%, felony assaults down 7.2% and grand larceny decreasing by 1.6%.
Crime in city housing developments fell 4.7%, and incidents investigated by the department’s Hate Crime Task Force were down 22%, the NYPD said.