New York City recorded fewer shootings, shooting victims and murders over the first seven months of this year than in any year the NYPD has tracked, the department announced Monday.

For the first seven months of the year, crime decreased in the major seven categories by 6.6 percent, with 65,343 incidents this year compared to 69,951 at this time in 2025. Year to date, the city logged 381 shooting incidents, 462 shooting victims and 149 murders.

Burglary incidents declined 14.7 percent in July, the NYPD said, the lowest since reliable records have been kept, and 15 percent this year to date. Queens saw the largest decline with a 25.3 percent reduction so far this year.

Murder is down 22.8 percent this year to date, with 149 cases compared to 193 at this time in 2025.

“For the first seven months of this year and in the month of July, New York City experienced the fewest murders, shooting incidents, and shooting victims in recorded history,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement, crediting the department’s data-driven precision policing strategy.

Tisch noted the NYPD managed an unusually crowded summer calendar, including the NBA Finals, the FIFA World Cup and Fourth of July celebrations. Nine shootings occurred between July 3 and July 5, the fewest for any Fourth of July holiday on record.

Burglary reached its lowest July level in recorded history, down 14.7 percent for the month and 15 percent so far this year. Queens led that decline, with burglaries falling 25.3 percent year to date, to 1,270 from 1,701.

Auto theft dropped 24.6 percent in July, its lowest level since 2021. Robbery fell 14.9 percent, grand larceny 11.8 percent and felony assault 6.4 percent for the month. Retail theft is down 15.3 percent for the year, which the department attributed to sustained investigations at high-volume locations rather than pass-through enforcement.

Detectives have carried out 25 gang-related takedowns so far this year.

Subway crime ran against the trend, rising 1 percent year to date and 10.9 percent in July, driven by felony assaults and grand larcenies. There were no murders in the transit system in July.

Hate crimes also saw an uptick. Year to date, occurrences increased 9.4 percent, 329 to 360. In July, there were 33 confirmed hate crimes and 50 cases reported as hate crimes.

For the first seven months of the year, 56.9 percent of confirmed hate crimes were anti-Jewish incidents, the NYPD said, despite Jewish New Yorkers making up just 10 percent of the city’s population.

Crime figures in Queens were a mixed bag. In Patrol Borough Queens North, which comprises the 104th, 108th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 114th and 115th precincts, total crime is down 1.9 percent this year to date through July 26, per the latest data available on CompStat. The command saw a 15 percent spike in grand larceny auto, and a 10.8 increase in rape.

Of the precincts within PBQN, the 112 saw the biggest uptick in overall crime, at 18.9 percent. Grand larcenies and grand larcenies auto both increased this year, 52.9 percent and 21.6 percent, respectively.

Patrol Borough Queens South, which encompasses the 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 105th, 106th, 107th, 113th and 116th precincts, had a 2.3 percent increase in overall crime so far this year. The command saw a 27.8 percent jump in murder, with 23 so far this year compared to 18 at this time in 2025.

The 113 saw the most significant increase in crime through the first seven months of the year, at 20.3 percent, with double-digit spikes in every major category except for felony assault — a 7 percent uptick — and grand larceny auto, a 7.7 percent decrease.