Overview
- Through the first 11 months, the NYPD recorded 652 shootings and 812 victims, the lowest totals on record and below the 2018 benchmark.
- November homicides totaled 16, matching the city’s monthly low set in 2018, with no murders reported in Queens or Staten Island.
- Transit crime logged the safest July through November on record, with 167 incidents in November versus 222 a year earlier.
- Retail theft reports fell to 4,221 in November from 5,285 a year prior, a decline of about 20% at the start of the holiday period.
- Officials attribute gains to precision policing, including the Fall Violence Reduction Plan that put up to 1,800 officers on foot patrols across 54 hotspots, while former leaders caution that policy shifts by the new mayor could jeopardize progress.