New York Metropolis has recorded the bottom variety of murders and shootings in fashionable historical past by way of the primary 5 months of the 12 months, Mayor Eric Adams introduced Sunday.
There have been 112 homicides from January by way of Might, one fewer than the 113 recorded in 2014 and 2017, the earlier information for a similar time interval, in accordance with NYPD knowledge obtained by The Submit.
There have been 18 murders reported for the month of Might, one fewer than the earlier low of 19 recorded in Might 2019.
In the meantime, there have been 264 shootings for the 5 months of 2025, three lower than the 267 recorded in 2018.
There have been 54 shootings within the month of Might, besting the earlier low of 61 in 2019, the info confirmed.
Adams, who’s looking for reelection this 12 months on an unbiased poll line, heralded the info.
“Once I took the oath of workplace as mayor, I made a promise that we might make this metropolis safer and that we might drive down crime. At present, the numbers show that now we have not simply saved that promise — now we have exceeded it,” Adams instructed The Submit.
“I’m exceptionally proud to share that from January 2025 to Might 2025, New York Metropolis has seen the bottom variety of shootings and homicides in recorded historical past.”
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch thanked officers and the mayor – however took a jab on the state’s current prison justice reforms.
“Outcomes like this by no means occur by chance, and definitely not at a time when the state’s prison justice legal guidelines have made a revolving door out of our prison justice system,” Tisch mentioned.
“Right here’s how your Mayor and your NYPD cops delivered the most secure January-Might for gun violence in New York Metropolis: Three-plus years of relentlessly going after weapons on our streets; and an information pushed policing technique that places extra cops in the proper locations on the proper occasions to do what they do higher than anybody else on this planet.”
Tisch vowed that the NYPD “is not going to let up” and mentioned a Summer time Violence Discount Plan by the division is “daring and aggressive and designed to proceed driving the identical historic security beneficial properties.”
