New York recorded 322 shooting incidents in the first six months of 2026, the fewest the NYPD has ever counted for the period. A year earlier the figure was 337, which had matched the previous record set in 2018. Shooting victims fell to 381 from 397, and murders dropped to 122 from 162.
Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced the numbers in a July 2 release. She credited “focused enforcement, targeted deployments, and noble police work.” The department described its approach as “precision policing” and said detectives carried out 61 gang-related takedowns this year and seized more than 2,530 guns.
Where crime fell
Major crime was down 5.8% year to date, with 55,157 incidents against 58,581 in the first half of 2025, a difference of 3,424 crimes. The second quarter alone showed a 7.7% drop, to 29,141 from 31,575. Every borough saw a decline.
The Bronx led, with index crime down 12% to 13,434 incidents from 15,208. The NYPD pointed to a two-patrol structure introduced in the second quarter as a way to focus the response there.
Burglary fell 15.8% to 5,354 incidents, the lowest since 2019. Robbery dropped 11.9% to 6,387, auto theft 9.7% to 5,838, and retail theft 16.3% to 22,482. Felony assault barely moved, at 14,757 incidents.
Public housing developments logged historic lows in several categories: 9 murders, 49 shooting incidents, 51 shooting victims and 344 robberies. Overall crime there fell 8.5% to 2,659 incidents. On the subway, major crime slipped 0.6% to 1,102 incidents. The department noted that last year was the safest in the system since 2009, pandemic years excluded.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani praised the department. New Yorkers, he said, were having the “safest start to any year on record,” and he argued that the city’s whole-of-government approach to public safety was working.
Bikes, scooters and ghost cars
A focused enforcement push that began May 27 has changed the numbers on the street. Compared with the same period last year, e-bike moving violations are up 74%, e-scooter moving violations up 247% and e-bike seizures up 273%. The NYPD has issued 142,719 ghost plate parking summonses and 15,063 ghost plate moving summonses this year, and towed 3,136 ghost cars. Tows of illegally parked mopeds and motorcycles rose 369%.
Hate crimes go the other way
Confirmed hate crimes rose 7.7% year to date, to 322 from 299. More than half, 55.3%, were anti-Jewish. The NYPD says it reports both alleged and confirmed cases for transparency, and 237 hate crimes were reported in the second quarter alone, though not all of them were ultimately confirmed under state law.
