Overview

• The Mayor's Management Report logs eight consecutive months of overall crime reduction spanning six of seven major felony categories.
• Murders fell 6%, robberies 17%, felonious assaults 9%, burglaries 5%, and both grand larceny and auto theft declined 10%.
• Shooting incidents dropped to 804 from 932 year over year, marking the fewest August shootings since the CompStat era began in 1993.
• Crime in public settings eased, including a 12% decline in parks, a 9% drop in major felonies at schools, a 5% decrease in NYCHA buildings, and a 2% dip in the transit system.
• NYPD response times improved by 14 seconds for critical crimes and by 30 seconds on average, while reported rapes increased under widened legal definitions, with 160 cases last month.