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NYC Shootings Drop to Record Lows but Transit Crime Climbs
NYPD credits targeted policing for historic lows in citywide shootings and murders despite an 18.5% rise in subway crimes driven by assaults and thefts.
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NYC Shootings Drop to Record Lows but Transit Crime Climbs
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The NYPD reported that January and February saw the fewest shootings and murders ever recorded for the first two months of a year, even as crime in the city’s subway system increased. The city logged 83 shootings and 97 shooting victims so far in 2026, breaking prior records set in 2025 and 2019. Murders totaled 32, below the previous low of 38 set in 2018. Overall crime dropped 8% year-to-date, representing roughly 1,100 fewer …
NYC crime: NYPD say the last two months had fewest shootings and murders ever — but subway crime rises
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday that January and February saw the fewest number of shootings and murders on record for the first two months of the year — but crime is trending upward in the subways. According to authorities, the last two months combined had 83 shootings and 97 shooting victims, compared to the previous all-time lows of 92 and 105, set in 2025 and 2019, respectively. In terms of murders, so far the city has seen 32 mu…
The NYPD's Fifth Precinct and the Chinatown Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association held their monthly community meeting on the afternoon of March 4th at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association headquarters, releasing the latest crime statistics up to February 28th. This meeting was the first community meeting chaired by the newly appointed chairman of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Wu Ruixian. Precinct Chief Lin We…
NYPD Records Fewest Citywide Shooting Incidents, Victims & Murders in History While Bronx Stats Rise
Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced March 2 that the NYPD delivered the fewest shooting incidents, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history for the first two months of 2026, adding that for January and February combined, the city had 83 shooting incidents and 97 shooting victims, beating the previous all-time lows of 92 and 105, set in 2025 and 2019, respectively. She said so far this year, the city has recorded 32 murders, be
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