Queens saw a reduction in most major crimes in 2025, resulting in a drop of about 6.4 percent overall compared to 2024.
But the borough saw a slight increase in murders while the city as a whole saw them fall nearly 21 percent, according to NYPD CompStat figures through Dec. 28.
The number of murders citywide dropped from 380 to 302. Queens saw an increase from 55 to 58.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, in a joint press conference last week with outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, said shooting statistics have fallen to never-before-seen levels.
“So far this year, shooting incidents and victims are at their lowest levels in recorded history,” Tisch said, according to the transcript of the Dec. 29 press conference. “And we’re not just beating the record, we are crushing it.”
Tisch said New York City saw 239 fewer people shot in 2025 compared to 2024, and 1,016 fewer than in 2021, the year before Adams took office.
Major, or index, crimes fell 2.8 percent citywide. The borough also saw rapes increase from 425 to 454. Queens followed the city pattern overall with steep decreases in robberies and drops in burglaries, grand larcenies and auto theft. Queens also had a reduction in felony assaults, where the city saw an increase of less than 1 percent. But police have said some of the increase in rapes is due to a legal expansion of the definition.
While listed outside the index categories, declines in shooting incidents and shooting victims in Queens for 2025 followed the citywide trend. Shootings in Queens dropped from 119 to 89; while shooting victims went from 145 to 109.
Adams and Tisch credited much of the success to the NYPD’s removal of 25,000 illegal guns from the streets in Adams’ tenure.
“That amounts to more than a dozen illegal firearms taken off of our streets every single day for 1,459 days,” Tisch said. “This is no accident. It is thanks to focused strategy, to data-driven deployments, and to relentless police work carried out across the city. And the impact of that work is showing up in our crime numbers with record-breaking results.”
“[T]his December, we’ll continue to see record low shooting incidents and shooting victims in our city, topping off another year and closing out our eighth consecutive quarter of declining crime,” Adams said. “Let that settle in.”
Tisch said 2025 was the safest year in the transit system since 2009, excluding the pandemic years.
In Queens, murders generally dropped in the southern precincts but rose in some of the northern ones.
In the Rockaways, the 100th Precinct posted a 19.5 percent drop in index crimes: murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny auto, or auto theft. Murders were level at two. The 101st Precinct, also in the Rockaways, saw crime drop 4.8 percent for the year with murders going from four in 2024 to three.
The 102nd Precinct, with its headquarters in Richmond Hill, fell 2.5 percent. The 102nd also saw murders fall from four to three. The precinct also includes Kew Gardens, Woodhaven and the northern part of Ozone Park.
The 103rd Precinct in Jamaica had a 4.4 percent reduction in major crimes. Murders went from seven to six.
The 104th Precinct, covering Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village and Maspeth, saw a 4 percent drop. Murders, however, increased from one in 2024 to five.
Crime in the 105th Precinct dropped 2.7 percent. Murders rose from one to four. The 105th covers Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, Floral Park and Bellaire.
The 106th Precinct, which patrols Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Lindenwood and Howard Beach, saw its totals tick up .06 percent — five more reported crimes — with murders remaining level at three.
Crime in the 107th Precinct, with its headquarters in Flushing, went up 0.4 percent, or seven more reported incidents. Murders went from four to three. The precinct also covers Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights and Hilltop Village.
The 108th Precinct saw a 3.2 percent increase for 2025. Murders rose from one to two. The precinct includes Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside.
The 109th Precinct which includes Flushing, Queensboro Hill, College Point, Malba, Whitestone, Beechhurst and Bay Terrace, saw a 19.5 percent drop. Murders were cut from seven to three.
Crime in the 110th Precinct, headquartered in Elmhurst, plummeted 24.6 percent. Murders rose from two to five. The precinct also covers Corona.
The 111th Precinct saw crime rise sharply, by 11.7 percent. Murders went from one to two. The 111th serves Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, Hollis Hills and Fresh Meadows.
The 112th Precinct increased 5.1 percent, with two murders in 2025 after none in 2024. The precinct serves Forest Hills and Rego Park.
The 113th Precinct, with headquarters in South Jamaica, saw crime rise 18 percent. Murders dipped from seven to six. The precinct’s patrol area also includes St. Albans, Hollis, South Ozone Park and Rochdale.
In the 114th Precinct, which serves Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Jackson Heights, crime dropped 7.1 percent. Murders fell from three to two.
Crime in the 115th Precinct dropped 23.9 percent, though murders rose from four in 2024 to seven. The 115th covers Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and North Corona.
In the new 116th Precinct, reported crimes dropped 3.1 percent. There were no murders, while four occurred there in 2024, according to CompStat, though an NYPD official later said there actually were none in either year. The new command, established in late 2024, protects Springfield Gardens, Brookville, Laurelton and Rosedale.