One NYC Crime Hotspot Bucks The Drop

NEW YORK CITY— Major crime in New York City fell nearly 7 percent through September, while shootings and murders reached their lowest levels on record for the first nine months of a year, according to new police data.

The New York Police Department recorded 86,023 major crimes from Jan. 1 through Sept. 30, down 6.6 percent from 92,057 during the same period last year.

Are The Subways Getting Safer?

Major crime in the subway and other transit systems rose 0.9 percent through September, from 1,613 cases last year to 1,628 this year.

Police recorded 499 felony assaults and 803 grand larcenies in the transit system. Many of the thefts involved unattended belongings.

Police also reported a recurring pattern among people arrested for major crimes in the transit system: 394 of the 734 people arrested had been arrested at least three times before.

Of those, 214 had already been arrested three or more times in 2026.

Tisch acknowledged the increase in transit crime and pointed to repeat offending as an area requiring more work from police and other parts of the criminal justice system.

Mamdani did not commit to adding more police to the subway during the colder months, saying the City would “explore every single measure” to keep New Yorkers safe while expanding shelter capacity and addressing mental health and homelessness.

Where Does Crime Remain A Problem?

Felony assaults increased slightly, rising 0.2 percent to 22,781 cases.

Police recorded a larger increase in felony assaults involving officers and other public service workers, which rose 7.7 percent.

Domestic violence accounted for about 40 percent of felony assaults.

Reported rapes also increased 3.7 percent to 1,594.

A quarter of those reports involved assaults from previous years, as survivors came forward to report crimes that had not previously been reported, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

Confirmed hate crimes increased 12.9 percent through September, reaching 463 incidents compared with 410 during the same period last year.

Anti-Jewish incidents accounted for 245 confirmed hate crimes, or 52.9 percent of the total, and increased 1.2 percent.

Confirmed anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 77.8 percent to 32.

Hate crimes based on sexual orientation rose 52.9 percent to 52.

During the third quarter, confirmed hate crimes rose 12.6 percent, although confirmed anti-Jewish hate crimes fell 13.2 percent.

What Happened To Shootings And Murders?

Police recorded 489 shooting incidents through September, down 11.6 percent from last year and below the previous record low of 553 set in 2025.

The City recorded 167 shooting incidents, 213 shooting victims and 73 murders from July through September, each setting a record low for that period.

Murders fell 19.8 percent to 203, compared with 253 during the same period last year.

Brooklyn and Manhattan recorded their lowest murder totals for the first nine months of a year, with 57 and 24 killings, respectively.

Brooklyn and Queens also recorded their fewest shooting incidents ever for this point in the year.

The department launched Youth Violence Safety Zones around schools in September.

During the first three weeks, youth-related crime fell 57.9 percent in those zones during deployment hours, and police recorded no youth-involved shooting incidents.

Tisch said the NYPD has removed 4,100 guns from streets this year, including 257 ghost guns, which lack serial numbers.

Police detectives have conducted 25 gang-related takedowns this year as the department targets crews connected to shootings and illegal guns.

Which Crimes Are Falling?

• Burglary: Down 13.7 percent, with 8,316 reported cases. Residential burglaries fell 18 percent.
• Robbery: Down 12.2 percent, with 10,080 cases.
• Grand larceny: Down 5.8 percent, with 33,939 cases. Grand larceny makes up nearly 40 percent of major crime in the City.
• Auto theft: Down 12.4 percent, with 9,110 cases.
• Retail theft: Down 12.4 percent, with nearly 5,000 fewer reported incidents.

The crime figures remain preliminary and can change as the NYPD reviews and revises reports.