NYPD ANNOUNCES RECORD LOW SHOOTINGS AND MURDERS FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025

June 3, 2025

Safest May in Recorded History for Shootings and Murders

Eighth Straight Month of Declines in Major Crime Categories

More Than 22,000 Illegal Guns Removed Off the Streets Since the Start of the Adams Administration

New York, New York – Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch today announced that from January 2025 through May 2025, New York City experienced the lowest number of shootings and murders in recorded history and set the record for the lowest number of shootings and murders in May. New York City also experienced the safest Memorial Day on record, with the lowest number of shootings ever across the entire weekend and the first Memorial Day Sunday with zero shootings. These historic numbers helped drive the eighth straight month of declines in major crime categories with a 4.9% drop in May 2025 compared to the same time last year.

From January 2025 to May 2025, New York City recorded 264 shootings and 112 murders, compared to the previous record low of 267 shootings in 2018 and 113 murders in 2014 and 2017. In May 2025 alone, New York City recorded 54 shootings and 18 murders. The previous record low was set in 2019, when New York City recorded 61 shootings and 19 murders.

“Today, the mayor announced an unprecedented achievement: the lowest number of shootings and homicides in recorded history over the first five months of the year,” said NYPD Commissioner Tisch. “Results like this never happen by accident, and certainly not at a time when the state’s criminal justice laws have made a revolving door out of our criminal justice system. Here’s how your mayor and your NYPD cops delivered the safest January–May for gun violence in New York City’s history: three-plus years of relentlessly going after guns on our streets and a data-driven policing strategy that puts more cops in the right places at the right times to do what they do better than anyone else in the world. We will not let up. Our summer violence reduction plan is bold and aggressive and designed to continue driving the same historic safety gains.”

This is the result of the NYPD’s commitment to seizing illegal guns and the Summer Violence Reduction Plan. So far in 2025, the NYPD has removed more than 2,265 illegal guns off the streets and removed a total of 22,027 since the start of the Adams administration in January 2022.

The NYPD’s Summer Violence Reduction Plan is a citywide effort to reduce violence, strengthen enforcement, and ensure every New Yorker feels safe in the months ahead. The plan includes 70 summer deployment zones, covering 57 precincts, police service areas, and transit districts with more than 1,500 uniformed officers deployed to foot posts in precincts, public housing, and the subway system — all focused on high-priority crimes and shootings.

Since it began on May 5, major crime in our Summer Zones during deployment is down nearly 28% — with shootings down 65%, felony assault down 52%, robbery down 25%, and grand larceny down 21%.

In addition to the declines in shootings and murders, burglary declined by 12.5% (989 vs. 1,130), robbery dropped by 5.4% (1,383 vs. 1,462), and grand larceny fell by 4% (4,007 vs. 4,175).

In the transit system, crime dropped by 5.6% (186 v. 197), thanks to the continued presence of NYPD officers throughout the subway and on every overnight train.

The number of incidents investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force decreased by 47%, or 37 fewer incidents, compared to May of last year. While anti-Jewish hate crimes dropped by 54%, this category has continued to soar over others as 24 of the total 42 hate crimes reported in the month of May were anti-Jewish attacks.

Rape incidents increased by 25.9% in May compared to the same period in 2024 (175 vs. 139). The rise in reported incidents is partly attributed to September 2024’s legislative changes broadening the legal definition of rape in New York State, which now includes additional forms of sexual assault. Many reported cases involved individuals known to each other. The NYPD continues to encourage survivors of sexual assault to come forward and report these incidents.

*All crime statistics are preliminary and subject to further analysis, revision, or change. *

Index Crime Statistics: May 2025

Additional Statistics: May 2025

Rape Incident Reporting Statistics: May 2025

(Reports filed from May 1 – May 30 in years indicated)

Rape continues to be underreported. If you are a victim of sexual assault, please come forward. The 24-hour NYPD Special Victims Division hotline is: 212-267-RAPE (7273).

Hate Crime Statistics: May 2025

(Representing May 1 – May 30 for calendar years 2025 and 2024)

Note: Statistics above are subject to change upon investigation, as active possible bias cases may be reclassified to non-bias cases and removed from counted data.