New York City is on track to record its safest year, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD), which reported the fewest shooting incidents, shooting victims and murders in the first 10 months of the year since records began.
Year to date, the city recorded 536 shooting incidents, surpassing the previous record low of 598 set in 2025. There were also 230 murders, below the previous record low of 244 set in 2017, according to the NYPD.
The Democrats’ Facebook page said in a post: “New York City is seeing its safest year to date on record under Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Since January, major crime has decreased citywide with 6,667 fewer crimes than the same period in 2025—the biggest reduction in the past 17 years. Burglary, robbery, auto theft, and grand larceny plummeted as the city saw the fewest shooting incidents, shooting victims, and murders ever recorded in the first 10 months of any year. This is what real public safety looks like.”
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The NYPD attributed part of the decline in crime to an aggressive effort to target gangs. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited the department’s “data-driven strategy” for the decline in violent crime.
“In the first ten months of this year, New York City experienced historic lows in shooting incidents, shooting victims, and murders, with major crime declining in all five boroughs,” Tisch said in a statement. “Those extraordinary results are only possible because the members of the NYPD continue to execute on our data-driven strategy with skill and precision: identifying the drivers of violence, removing guns from our streets, and going after the gangs.”
Major crime declined 6.5% in the first 10 months of the year, marking the largest year-to-date reduction in 17 years, the NYPD said. In October alone, major crime fell 8.6% compared with the same month last year, according to NYPD data.
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The Bronx recorded the largest year-to-date decline among the five boroughs, with major crime falling 11.3%.
Although shootings reached historic lows over the first 10 months of the year, incidents and victims increased slightly in October compared with the same month last year. There were 47 shooting incidents, up 4.4% from 45 in October 2025, and 55 shooting victims, up 5.8% from 52.
Murders, however, declined 5% in October, with 19 reported compared with 20 during the same month last year. Year to date, murders were down 15.7%.
Meanwhile, transit crime increased. Major crime across the subway system rose 2.2% year to date and 12.7% in October. The NYPD said felony assaults and nonviolent grand larcenies were the biggest contributors to the increase.
Despite the rise, the department said 2026 is the second-safest year for the transit system in the past 15 years, excluding the pandemic years.