NYPD ANNOUNCES RECORD-LOW SHOOTING VICTIMS IN FIRST HALF OF 2025

July 1, 2025

City Ties All-Time Low for Shooting Incidents

Summer Zones Deliver Record Drops in Violence

Transit Robberies Fall to Lowest Level in Nearly Two Decades

New York, New York – Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch today announced that New York City saw the lowest number of shooting victims in recorded history — and tied the all-time low for shooting incidents — during the first half of 2025. From January through June, the city recorded 397 shooting victims, down 24% from the same period last year, and 337 shooting incidents, a 23% decline year over year.

Shooting incidents were also down 30% in the month of June and 22% in the second quarter.

Citywide, major crime declined by 6% through the first half of 2025, with reductions in six of the seven major categories. Murders dropped 23% (146 vs. 190), robbery fell 13% (7,146 vs. 8241), grand larceny dropped 7% (22,238 vs. 23,978), auto theft fell 4.5% (6,455 vs. 6,758) and felony assault declined 1% (14,426 vs. 14,561).

"In the first six months of the year, New York City saw the lowest number of shooting victims and shooting incidents in recorded history. Records like this don't happen by chance—they happen because of strategy, precision, and the relentless work of your NYPD officers," said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch. "We followed the data and deployed officers to our Summer Violence Reduction Zones, took down dangerous street gangs driving gun violence, and removed more than 2,600 illegal firearms off our streets. Thank you to Mayor Adams for his leadership and making sure this department had everything it needed to produce for New Yorkers."

“Thanks to our administration’s focus on upstream investments and downstream solutions, major crime was down in June, crime was down in the second quarter of 2025, crime is down overall this year, and crime is now down for the sixth quarter in a row,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “What’s more is that in the month of June, major crime was down 6 percent — with every single one of the seven major crime categories seeing reductions. Additionally, shootings were down 30 percent last month — leading to a record low number of shootings for the first six months of the year, tying the record set in 2018. Retail theft was down double digits, and we had declines in hate crimes, as well as crimes in the subway and in our housing developments. All these reductions in crime are no accident, but are the result of our administration’s clear and continuing focus to make New Yorkers safer and ensure they feel safer, too. Thanks to the hard work of 300,000+ city employees, including the dedication of the brave men and women of the NYPD, we’re making our city the best place to raise a family, and a place where you know that your city is looking out for you — on the streets and in the subways.”

Over the past three years, the NYPD has taken more than 22,300 illegal guns off our streets, including nearly 2,600 seized in 2025 alone.

To continue driving down crime in the summer months, the NYPD launched the Summer Violence Reduction Plan. The precision policing plan includes 72 summer deployment zones across 59 communities with more than 2,000 uniformed officers deployed to foot posts in precincts, public housing, and the subway system — all focused on high-priority crimes and shootings.

Since its start on May 5, major crime in the Summer Zones during deployment hours is down 27%, shootings are down 64%, felony assaults down 40%, and robbery down 27%.

The NYPD has continued to drive down crime through precision takedowns of violent gangs. So far this year, NYPD detectives have carried out 42 gang-related takedowns — arresting 322 gang members and associates and recovering 236 illegal guns as a direct result.

Transit crime declined over 3% (1,058 vs. 1,093) year-to-date, with a 1.1% (519 vs. 525) reduction in the second quarter.

Subway robberies fell 8% year over year, with just 192 subway robberies reported in the first half of the year — the lowest since tracking began in 2007. Crime in public housing developments also fell, down 3.6% in June and 5% year-to-date.

Hate crimes citywide have decreased 16% year-to-date, with anti-Jewish hate crimes down 18%, even as this category continues to represent the highest volume among bias-motivated crimes.

Despite the monthly decline, rape remains up 20.5% year-to-date (986 vs. 818) and 15.4% in the second quarter (517 vs. 448). The increase is partially attributed to legislative changes in September 2024 that broadened New York State’s legal definition of rape to include additional forms of sexual assault. Many reported incidents involve individuals known to one another. The NYPD continues to encourage survivors to come forward and report these crimes.

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

Index Crime Statistics: June 2025

Index Crime Statistics: Q2 (April 1 - June 30)

Additional Statistics: June 2025

Additional Statistics: Q2 (April 1 - June 30)

Rape Incident Reporting Statistics: June 2025

(Reports filed from June 1 – June 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: June 2025

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

Hate Crime Statistics: YTD

(Representing Jan 1 – June 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.