Overview
- New York City reported record lows in shootings and shooting victims in 2025, a 20% decline in homicides to 305, and the safest subway year since 2009, according to NYPD data.
- Baltimore recorded 133 homicides in 2025, a 31% year‑over‑year decrease and the lowest in about 50 years, as the city advances a five‑year prevention plan targeting at least a 15% annual reduction.
- Detroit logged 165 homicides, the fewest since the mid‑1960s, alongside broad double‑digit declines in nonfatal shootings, carjackings, robberies and auto theft, and it will launch an Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety.
- Chicago ended 2025 with 416 homicides, down more than 29% from 2024, with shootings down 35%, as community violence‑intervention groups and police cite stronger collaboration.
- NYPD leaders highlighted precision deployment, gang takedowns and expanded foot patrols, while cautioning that youth violence grew as a share of victims and suspects and reported rapes rose following a legal definition change.