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New York Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
NYC shootings have plunged to record lows this year, NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch says ‘we are resetting the curve'
The guns aren't blazing. Shootings and the number of New Yorkers who fell victim to gun violence have plunged to all-time lows so far this year — even as the Big Apple contended with its worst mass shooting in 25 years, new NYPD crime statistics show. The Big Apple saw 412 shooting incidents, with 489 victims, during the first seven months of 2025, according to the data, released by the police department this week. Both are records that comfortably shatter the previous lows for shootings — 426 — and shooting victims — 522 — respectively, set over the same time frame in 2017 and 2018, cops said. When the NYPD began tracking such data at the beginning of the CompStat era in 1993, there were a whopping 3,114 shootings and 3,451 victims of gun violence, police said. 'Summer is usually the toughest test for public safety, but the wins that we are celebrating today prove that under Mayor Adams' leadership, we are not just passing the test, we are resetting the curve,' said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch during a Monday event outlining the numbers. 4 NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch this week celebrated major drops in crime. Stephen Yang 4 Mayor Eric Adams has tried to highlight his record on public safety to boost his re-election campaign. Stephen Yang The declines come as Mayor Eric Adams tries to salvage his re-election bid against Democratic socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani by focusing on public safety. Crime shot up after Adams took office in 2022 amid social upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But it has steadily declined across New York City and the nation alike with COVID in the rearview mirror. Overall major crime for the first seven months has steadily declined in the last three years, NYPD data reveals. Those months during Adams' first year in office had 72,369 crimes reported. Up to July 31 this year, there was a 5% dip compared to that time frame in 2021, with 68,740 of those so-called index crimes reported. But this year's overall lower crime numbers, while welcome, still fall far behind the 53,089 in the first seven months of pre-pandemic 2019. Index crimes include: murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny auto. July was also the 10th straight month that major crime fell, with a 5.6% overall drop compared to the same time last year, data shows. Shootings and victims of gun violence also hit the lowest levels for any July on record in the city, with 75 and 92, respectively, Tisch said. The previous July record lows for shootings and shooting victims were 79 and 102, respectively, in 2017. 'This comes just weeks after we had the safest July 4th weekend for gun violence ever recorded,' Tisch said. 4 Shootings hit record lows for the first seven months of the year. Robert Mecea 4 The span included the horrific July 28 mass shooting in Midtown. Robert Miller The span also included the July 28 massacre by crazed gunman Shane Tamura, who killed four people — including NYPD Officer Didarul Islam — inside a Midtown skyscraper before turning the gun on himself. Most major felonies also showed dramatic drops in July compared to the same month in 2024, the data shows. Robbery fell 7.5%, felony assault dropped 8.2% and burglaries plunged 14.2%, according to the data. 'Murders were down by 49%, and in our subways, excluding the two pandemic years, it was the safest July in recorded history,' Tisch said. Rape, however, continued to show a troubling increase. The vile, historically underreported crime was up 33%, with 193 rapes reported citywide in July compared to last year, data reveals. The NYPD has pinned the increase on a state law passed in September 2024 that expanded the legal definition of rape to better reflect the full range of sexual assaults.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Syracuse Police report major decline in car theft cases
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Car thefts in Syracuse are significantly down, dropping more than 50% in the first half of 2025. According to the Syracuse Police Department, the number of stolen vehicles has decreased by 51.5% citywide. Syracuse Police Department attributes the decrease to proactive work, including several steering wheel lock drives last summer, social media alerts, and officers patrolling the city. The department partnered with Syracuse University's Department of Public Safety and Destiny USA to distribute more than 1,000 steering wheel locks in just one week. 'It's a big deterrent,' Kieran Coffey, Public Information Officer with Syracuse Police, said. 'When someone sees that lock on the wheel, they know they can't drive off with it quickly.' Coffey explained the department consistently stays on top of social media trends and alerts the public of any new ones. He has followed the decline of the dangerous social media trend known as the 'Kia Boys' challenge. The viral TikTok trend showed teens how to use a USB cord to hotwire certain Kia and Hyundai vehicles in under a minute. The department said many of the thefts last year were tied to that method, especially around the university neighborhood, where some students left cars unlocked or parked in dimly lit areas. Syracuse Police are also watching for newer trends — like thieves trying to mirror key fobs on Toyotas, Lexus vehicles, and Nissans — and hope to hold another steering wheel lock drive this summer. The auto theft numbers are updated weekly by police through their online CompStat dashboard, which breaks down crime trends by district. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CTV News
05-06-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Street-level drug trafficking crackdown in Lethbridge results in more than two dozen arrests
Lethbridge police and partners Alberta Sheriffs and ALERT ran an operation cracking down on street-level drug trafficking in April and May. (FILE PHOTO) Over six weeks, police in Lethbridge arrested 26 people and laid 156 charges in a crackdown on street-level drug trafficking. Lethbridge police and partners Alberta Sheriffs and ALERT ran the operation in April and May. 'With a significant increase in public drug use, trafficking and related criminal activities such as break-ins and vehicle thefts, police worked to target street- and mid-level dealers in an effort to disrupt the distribution of drugs and reduce crime and social disorder,' Lethbridge police said in a release on Thursday. Highlights of the operation include: 26 arrests made; 156 Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act charges laid; Nearly 12,000 street doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine seized; Smaller quantities of narcotic pills, psilocybin and MDMA seized; and A firearm, seven vehicles and nearly $17,000 in cash proceeds of crime seized. Police encourage anyone who sees criminal or suspicious activity to call them at 403-328-4444. In Lethbridge, that information is used to fuel CompStat, 'a data-driven model where analytics are used to identify high-crime areas, prolific offenders and the most effective deployment of police resources.' More operations are planned for 2025.
American Military News
05-06-2025
- American Military News
NYC murders, shootings fall to lowest levels in 3 decades, NYPD says
The number of shootings and homicides in the city dropped to record lows over the first five months of the year — down to levels not seen in more than three decades, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday. Last month was also the safest May the city has ever seen, with shootings and homicides not this low in May since the CompStat era began in 1994, Tisch said. 'The NYPD's work in May was exceptional and the results were historic, making 2025 so far the safest year on record for both shootings and murders,' Tisch said at City Hall with Mayor Eric Adams while surrounded by some of the 22,000 firearms seized by police over the last three and a half years. According to NYPD statistics, there were 54 shootings and 18 murders in May, a new record low. The month — which also boasted the safest Memorial Day weekend on record in the CompStat era — capped off a successful five straight months of declines in violence. (CompStat refers to 'computer statistics.') Through May 31, cops had investigated 112 murders, a 28% drop from last year, with 44 fewer killings. Cops also recorded 264 shootings, 70 fewer than this time last year, or a drop of about 20% Murders and shootings so far this year have been lower than pre-pandemic levels. The previous record low for murders in the first five months of the year was in both 2014 and 2017, when cops investigated 113 killings each year. The previous record low for shootings was in 2018, when cops investigated 267. 'We've promised to eradicate gun violence and we are working on that promise,' Adams said. Tisch credited the huge crime drops in May to the NYPD's Summer Violence Reduction Plan. Beginning on May 5, the NYPD identified 70 high-crime areas in 57 precincts throughout the city and flooded those areas with more than 1,500 uniformed officers at the times the violence occurs. As a result, crime in the zones during the times additional cops were added has fallen by 28%, Tisch said. Shootings in those areas are down by 65%, with some traditionally crime-prone precincts — like the 44th Precinct in the Bronx, where Yankee Stadium stands — not seeing a single shooting in May. 'Our bold, aggressive, data-driven, summer-reduction plan focuses every single day on one thing — public safety,' Tisch said. 'Our scalpel approach to crime fighting works.' As of June 1, overall crime in the city had fallen by 6%, from 50,349 felony crimes this time last year to 47,258, officials said. The only crime category to see an uptick was in rapes, which jumped by 27%, up from 645 incidents reported last year to 820. The NYPD said this year's rise is in part attributed to legislative changes made last September that broadened the legal definition of rape in New York state, which now includes additional forms of sexual assault. ___ © 2025 New York Daily News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
NYC murders, shootings fall to lowest levels in 3 decades, NYPD says
NEW YORK — The number of shootings and homicides in the city dropped to record lows over the first five months of the year — down to levels not seen in more than three decades, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday. Last month was also the safest May the city has ever seen, with shootings and homicides not this low in May since the CompStat era began in 1994, Tisch said. 'The NYPD's work in May was exceptional and the results were historic, making 2025 so far the safest year on record for both shootings and murders,' Tisch said at City Hall with Mayor Eric Adams while surrounded by some of the 22,000 firearms seized by police over the last three and a half years. According to NYPD statistics, there were 54 shootings and 18 murders in May, a new record low. The month — which also boasted the safest Memorial Day weekend on record in the CompStat era — capped off a successful five straight months of declines in violence. (CompStat refers to 'computer statistics.') Through May 31, cops had investigated 112 murders, a 28% drop from last year, with 44 fewer killings. Cops also recorded 264 shootings, 70 fewer than this time last year, or a drop of about 20% Murders and shootings so far this year have been lower than pre-pandemic levels. The previous record low for murders in the first five months of the year was in both 2014 and 2017, when cops investigated 113 killings each year. The previous record low for shootings was in 2018, when cops investigated 267. 'We've promised to eradicate gun violence and we are working on that promise,' Adams said. Tisch credited the huge crime drops in May to the NYPD's Summer Violence Reduction Plan. Beginning on May 5, the NYPD identified 70 high-crime areas in 57 precincts throughout the city and flooded those areas with more than 1,500 uniformed officers at the times the violence occurs. As a result, crime in the zones during the times additional cops were added has fallen by 28%, Tisch said. Shootings in those areas are down by 65%, with some traditionally crime-prone precincts — like the 44th Precinct in the Bronx, where Yankee Stadium stands — not seeing a single shooting in May. 'Our bold, aggressive, data-driven, summer-reduction plan focuses every single day on one thing — public safety,' Tisch said. 'Our scalpel approach to crime fighting works.' As of June 1, overall crime in the city had fallen by 6%, from 50,349 felony crimes this time last year to 47,258, officials said. The only crime category to see an uptick was in rapes, which jumped by 27%, up from 645 incidents reported last year to 820. The NYPD said this year's rise is in part attributed to legislative changes made last September that broadened the legal definition of rape in New York state, which now includes additional forms of sexual assault. _____
