NYPD touts record drop in shootings, with fewest shootings in 1st 11 months of the year

Shooting incidents and victims in New York City are at a record low so far this year, officials said Thursday. 

There have been 652 shooting incidents and 812 shooting victims during the first 11 months of the year. The previous all-time low for the same 11 month period was set in 2018, with 696 shootings and 828 victims. 

November also tied the record for fewest murders in a month in the city’s recorded history with 16, officials said. That also matches the record set in 2018. There were no murders in all of Queens or Staten Island for the month, officials said. 

Safest November in subways outside of pandemic, officials say

Officials also touted a drop in subway crime. They said transit crime dropped nearly 25% in November, “making it the safest November in recorded history, excluding the pandemic years when ridership was at historic lows.”

Officials said the subway system has seen its safest stretch ever from July through November. 

What’s more, officials touted a 20% drop in shoplifting and other retail theft in November compared to last year. 

“For the first 11 months of the year, New York City had the lowest number of shooting incidents and victims in recorded history, and the safest November on our subways outside the pandemic period,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. 

Tisch said the results were a product of the department’s precision policing strategy. 

“Our plan is working, the progress is real,” she said. 

“The strategies we put in place have made our city safer”  

Mayor Eric Adams touted the continuing drop in crime, saying there have now been two straight years of crime declining. 

“The strategies we put in place have made our city safer — with the lowest number of shooting incidents and shooting victims for the first 11 months of 2025, subway crime hitting a record low over the last five months, and major crimes dropping another 5.6 percent in November alone. When we invest in the brave men and women of the NYPD and the strategies to ensure their success, our city is safer and feels safer,” Adams said. 

Officials said the precision policing initiative consists of 54 zones in 38 communities, with as many as 1,800 officers in uniform doing nightly foot patrols. Crime has dropped 18% and shootings are down 40% in those zones when police are deployed.