Shootings Up 121 Percent Across NYC In October, NYPD Says

NEW YORK CITY — Violence across New York City didn’t abate during the month-long run up to Election Day, newly-released NYPD data shows.

Shooting incidents for October this year rose 121 percent over last year’s numbers, according to the the city’s monthly crime statistics. There were 137 shootings this October compared to 62 during the same time last year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday stressed the positives in the monthly numbers, which did show slight improvements.

“We saw some major categories of crime actually going down this October versus last October — murder down by one, but still that's one life saved,” he said. “We saw rape going down, burglary, grand larceny, other categories.”

By “murder down by one,” de Blasio was referring to the 35 murders in October this year compared to 36 in October 2019.

Murder overall is up 37 percent in the city this year so far — with 387 slayings compared to 282 during the same 10-month span last year.

Gun arrests continued to increase in October — a statistic police officials have touted as signs their anti-violence strategy will take hold. They’re up 102 percent over last October, according to statistics.