STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The city has recorded its lowest number of shooting incidents and victims in history during the first nine months of 2025, according to Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch.
The city also experienced the fewest shooting incidents ever for any third quarter and for the months of July and September.
“The NYPD’s precision policing has delivered record-low shooting incidents and victims over the last nine months, and the safest quarter ever on our subways,” Tisch said. “This is not a coincidence — it’s the result of an unprecedented, data-driven deployment of thousands of officers to the areas they are needed most.”
This marks the city’s seventh consecutive quarter of declining major crime — a trend that began in January 2024.
In the first nine months of 2025, shooting victims also declined 19%, dropping from 857 to 694.
“At the start of our administration we went to work to sweep out crime and illegal activities from our neighborhoods, and our 2025 third quarter crime data shows that our public safety apparatus is working,” Adams said. “Overall crime is down for the second year in a row and shootings for the first nine months of the year are at their lowest levels in recorded history.”
The NYPD’s Summer Violence Reduction Plan drove much of these improvements, as the initiative deployed up to 2,300 uniformed officers across 72 zones covering 59 communities to target high-crime areas.
During the 19-week implementation of the plan, shooting incidents decreased 47% and shooting victims dropped 44% in the targeted zones. Every borough experienced crime reduction during this deployment, with overall crime down 18%.
The Police Department’s efforts to target dangerous gangs have also contributed to the decline in shootings. NYPD detectives have conducted a record 55 gang-related takedowns this year and seized more than 4,175 illegal guns, adding to the more than 23,900 guns removed since the start of the Adams administration.
According to the NYPD’s CompStat data, Staten Island recorded nine shooting victims and shooting incidents for the year to date — a nearly 36% drop from 14 in both categories during the same period in 2024.
Overall, major crimes are also down about 3% in the borough from around the same time last year, according to CompStat.
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