New York City experienced the fewest shootings and murders ever recorded during the first five months of 2025, according to data released by Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD. The mayor’s office credited a comprehensive crackdown on illegal firearms for the milestone.
From January through May, the city saw 264 shootings, marking a new historic low—beating the previous record of 267 during the same months in 2018, City Hall reported. The number of homicides during this period dropped to 112, slightly under the earlier lows of 113 in both 2014 and 2017.
“This is not just a statistical win—these numbers represent thousands of New Yorkers who are alive today and safer today, families who can sleep more soundly at night, and communities that are thriving because they know their city isn’t just coming back from the throes of the pandemic—it is back,” Adams said.
The mayor credited the drop in violence to a targeted law enforcement approach and the steady commitment of the NYPD. He emphasized that since taking office in 2021, the department has confiscated more than 22,000 illegal weapons, including ghost guns.
“Here’s how your mayor and your NYPD cops delivered the safest January-May for gun violence in New York City: 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,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. “We will not let up.”
Tisch outlined the department’s next phase in curbing violence, which includes deploying 1,500 officers to foot patrols across 70 designated areas under a summer crime prevention plan. Meanwhile, the mayor spotlighted newer programs like the Quality of Life Division and Community Link, aimed at delivering broad support to struggling neighborhoods.
“Equally as important, these results reflect our focus on upstream solutions and our unprecedented investments in our young New Yorkers, because we know that preventing crime starts with providing opportunity to the next generation,” Adams said. “But let’s be clear: we are not even close to done. It’s not enough for New Yorkers to be safer—they must feel safer, too.”
{Matzav.com}