Overview

• Through September, New York City recorded 553 shooting incidents, down more than 20% from 693 a year earlier, with third‑quarter shootings down 15.6% to 216 and murders down about 18% year to date.
• Transit saw its safest third quarter on record as major crime in the subway fell nearly 14% from 2024 and subway shooting incidents dropped 67% year to date, according to NYPD data.
• Officials pointed to the Summer Violence Reduction Plan that placed up to 2,300 officers in 72 zones, where shootings fell 47% and murders dropped 23% compared with last summer.
• NYPD leaders reported a worrying shift toward younger victims, noting that 25% of people shot in the last two weeks were under 18, while reported rapes rose year over year, which they link to a 2024 law expanding the definition.
• Enforcement metrics included more than 4,100 illegal guns seized and a record 55 gang takedowns this year, as Commissioner Jessica Tisch warned proposed federal counterterror funding cuts could erode gains and a judge temporarily blocked $187 million in planned reductions.