The latest NYPD crime data shows the city had its fewest murders, shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history for the first five months of the year.
Overall major crime decreased 10.6% citywide, with around 1,147 fewer reported crimes compared to last May.
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The NYPD says crime statistics show the fewest murders, shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history for the first five months of the year
Overall major crime decreased 10.6% citywide, with around 1,147 fewer reported crimes compared to last May
Hate crimes are up by 74.4% compared to the previous May, with 60% of those incidents targeting Jewish individuals
Year to date, murders are down almost 21%, the lowest level ever recorded for the first five months of any year.
Shootings are down nearly 6% with 247 total incidents, surpassing the previous record set last year — and the number of people shot in these incidents is down over 7%.
The NYPD attributes driving down violent crime to their continued precision policing, taking guns off the streets, as well as targeting gangs.
So far this year, NYPD detectives have carried out 20 gang-related takedowns, and seized nearly 2,000 guns.
With summer approaching, a time of year when crime historically spikes, the NYPD says to further mitigate violent crime and shootings across the city, the department launched its Summer Violence Reduction Plan last month.
About 3,800 officers will be deployed on nightly foot posts across 72 high-crime zones in 40 precincts.
Last month, the city saw two fewer shootings and 22 fewer people shot than it did last May, and had the safest Memorial Day weekend in the city’s history, with only three shooting incidents and four shooting victims across the four-day stretch.
Auto theft and subway crime also saw declines in May. Felony assaults increased slightly, by 0.4% last month.
Over the past several years, there has been an increase in felony assaults, and the main drivers of those increases, according to the NYPD, are domestic incidents, assaults on police officers and assaults on other government workers.
Last year was the safest year in New York City’s subway system since 2009, excluding the pandemic years. The NYPD says it build on that progress, with major crime down slightly over 1% year to date and 6.5% in May.
Hate crimes are up by 74.4% compared to the previous May.
More than half of the confirmed hate crimes, 60%, were targeting Jewish individuals, despite Jewish New Yorkers making up only 10% of the city’s population.