Crime & Safety
Murders, Shootings In NYC Hit Record-Lows In January: See New Stats
Newly released NYPD data shows that last month was the safest January ever for gun violence.
NEW YORK CITY — Murders and shootings in New York City were down to a record-low last month, making it the safest January ever for gun violence, according to newly released NYPD data.
In January, the city saw the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history. In total, there were 40 shooting incidents and 47 shooting victims, compared to the previous all-time lows of 50 and 56, set in 2025 and 2019, respectively.
Murders fell to their lowest level for January, beating the previous record low of 22 set in 2018 and 2022. January had 12 murders in total compared to 30 from last year — a 60 percent difference.
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Manhattan and Staten Island went the entire month without a single murder. Also, murder declined in every single borough.
“For the first month of the year, the women and men of the NYPD delivered the fewest shooting incidents, victims, and murders in recorded history,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. “These results show that this department remains focused on building on the historic public safety gains made last year. Our strategy is simple: don’t just get tough on crime, get smart. And deploy the best police officers in the nation to get it done and make New York safer.”
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The January report also detailed that overall major crime was down 6.7 percent compared to the same month last year (8,338 vs. 8,940).
Burglary incidents fell nearly 28 percent (854 vs. 1,183), marking the fewest burglaries ever for any January in recorded history.
Despite the record lows in a number of categories in January, rape continued to increase with 167 reported incidents last month, compared to 157 during the same period last year.
In addition, the number of bias incidents investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force increased by 152 percent (58 vs. 23). Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 182 percent (31 vs. 11) and accounted for more than half of hate crime incidents reported last month.
You can read the full report at the NYPD's website.
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