NYPD touts 'historic' decline in murders, shootings across New York City in 2025
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The NYPD announced Tuesday that 2025 was the safest year in the nation's largest city when it comes to gun violence.
New York finished the year with 305 murders, 77 fewer than the prior year.
There were fewer shootings and fewer shooting victims than in any year in recorded city history.
"2025 was an historic year for the NYPD and the City of New York," Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. "These are not incremental gains. These are historic outcomes."
Tisch said the drop in shootings from 2024 to 2025 compared to the much-touted decline in crime in the 1990s when the city recovered from the crack epidemic.
In addition to a 20% drop in murders, there was a nearly 10% drop in robberies and a 5% drop in grand theft auto.
The NYPD also touted a 4% reduction in crime on the subways. Tisch said the subway had its safest year since 2009 with a notable drop in transit robberies.
Felony assaults were flat, driven by domestic violence and assaults on police officers. Rape was up 16% following a change in the law that expands what constitutes rape.
Some residents said on Tuesday that the city needs to tackle the root causes of crime, like homelessness.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says policing is only part of the solution.
"We are going to mend the frayed social safety net that fails so many of our neighbors, tackle the mental health crisis that causes so much pain, and continue to deliver public safety across our five boroughs," Mamdani said.
Tisch said New York had half as many shootings as Chicago and Philadelphia despite having nearly five times as many residents.
(ABC News contributed to this report.)
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