It has been the safest summer in New York City in recorded history when it comes to shootings and murders, according to new NYPD data.<\/p>\n
Major crime fell 6.6% citywide in August of this year compared to August 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The subway has also been particularly safe. In the month of August, there were no murders, rapes or shooting incidents in the subway system.<\/p>\n
Year to date, there have been approximately 5,000 fewer crimes.<\/p>\n
The data shows murder is down 24.1%, auto theft is down 12.8%, robbery is down 11.9% and grand larceny is down 5%. However, rape is up 3.2% and felony assault is up 0.7%.<\/p>\n
In a statement, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch wrote, \u201cThese historic lows all happened while managing an unprecedented series of high-profile events, including the NBA Finals, the World Cup, Sail 250, and the largest Fourth of July celebration in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
She later added, “This progress is only possible because of the extraordinary work of the men and women of the NYPD, and I am deeply grateful for their commitment to keeping New York City safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
While shootings and murders are down, the data shows hate crimes are up. Year to date, there was about a 15.8% increase.<\/p>\n
Anti-Jewish hate crimes make up about half of the reported hate crimes in New York City, and are up about 8%. Jewish people make up about 10% of New York\u2019s population.<\/p>\n
Of all the boroughs, the Bronx had the biggest decrease when it comes to major crime in 2026, with 2,400 fewer crimes in the area year to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been the safest summer in New York City in recorded history when it comes to shootings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[10015,387,25,303,3691,9,24,12,63,308,134,136,135,27,200],"class_list":["post-337085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-app-crime","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-crime","tag-emma-barnett","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-public-safety","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}