Overview
- In January, the city logged 40 shooting incidents and 47 shooting victims, surpassing prior January lows of 50 incidents in 2025 and 56 victims in 2019.
- Murders fell to 12 for the month, the lowest January total in the CompStat era, with no homicides recorded in Manhattan or Staten Island.
- Police leaders attribute the declines to the Winter Violence Reduction Plan, which deploys up to 1,800 officers on foot posts across 64 zones, public housing, and the subway at night, with no public housing shootings reported as of Jan. 15.
- Overall major crime fell 6.7% year over year, including declines in burglary, robbery, felony assault, grand larceny, auto theft, and a reported 16% drop in retail theft.
- Some indicators rose, including transit crime up 6.1% (174 cases versus 164 a year earlier), reported rapes up about 6.5% partly due to a broader legal definition, and bias incidents increasing to 58 with most targeting Jewish New Yorkers.