NYC had the lowest number of shootings in its history last year, NYPD Commissioner Tisch says
Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch are hailing a historic drop in shootings last year.
"In 2025, New York City recorded 688 shooting incidents, the lowest number in the city's history. That didn't just break the previous record set in 2018, it shattered it, with 66 fewer shootings than that benchmark year," Tisch said at a Tuesday morning news conference. "In the month of December, shootings fell 43%, with just 35 shooting incidents citywide. That is the lowest number of shootings ever in any month of year, beating the previous record of 36 shooting incidents set in February of 2018. We see the headlines and we hear the pundits talk about crime being out of control in our city. These numbers tell a very different story."
Tisch said New York City has pushed gun violence down "at a scale unlike any other city in the country."
"Make no mistake about it. These reductions are the product of our precision policing strategy," Tisch said. "Putting an unprecedented number of cops on the streets, and in the neighborhoods driving violence, including thousands of additional officers on foot posts and conducting targeted takedowns of the most violent gangs in our city."
Tisch added she is "developing a close and productive working relationship" Mamdani.
NYC crime by the numbers
Overall, there's been a 3% decline in major crime in 2025, according to the NYPD, with 121,542 incidents overall vs. 125,026 in 2024. Murder was down by 20.2% citywide, with 77 fewer murders than the year before. Robberies were down citywide by nearly 10%, with 15,065 incidents as opposed to 16,696 the year prior. Burglary was down nearly 4%, and theft was down by 5%. Hate crimes were down by 12% vs. the year prior, and antisemitic incidents were down 3%, although they accounted for 57% of all hate crimes reported.
"Antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face," Tisch said.
Rapes were up by 16%, but the NYPD said that "is partly attributed to legislative changes made in September 2024 that importantly broadened the legal definition of rape in New York State to include additional forms of sexual assault."
Felony assault also ticked up by 0.4%, and the NYPD attributed that increase in part on incidents of domestic violence and assaults on public employees like police.
"Each of those percentage points adds up to dining room tables without an empty seat, lives freed from the dark cloud of grief, children that grow up with a parent at home," Mamdani said.
"These numbers are nothing short of extraordinary," Hochul said. "Today is a milestone, something I think we could not have foreseen four years ago, when I first became governor."
