Overview

• From January 1 to May 31 the city saw 112 homicides and 264 shootings, marking the lowest totals for that period on record.
• May alone recorded 18 killings and 54 shootings, both eclipsing previous monthly lows set in 2019.
• NYPD officers have seized more than 22,000 illegal firearms since the start of Mayor Adams’s term as part of data-driven enforcement.
• Commissioner Jessica Tisch criticized recent state criminal justice reforms as creating a “revolving door” and announced a bold Summer Violence Reduction Plan.
• Overall index crime fell nearly 3 percent in 2024, extending a multi-year downward trend in major offenses across New York City.