NYC sees fewest reported murders, shootings in modern history to start year.

In case you're wondering, beginning in the 1990s, NYC had a significantly higher homicide rate than Chicago. Recently, however, Chicago's homicide rate at almost 29 people per 100,000 puts our rate at four times New Yorks.

Chicago's homicide rate for the first 4 months of 2025 has dropped 25% since 2024. NYC 35%.

NYC sees fewest reported murders, shootings in modern history to start year: mayor

By Carl Campanile, NY Post

Published June 1, 2025, 4:55 p.m. ET

New York City has recorded the lowest number of murders and shootings in modern history through the first five months of the year, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday.

There were 112 homicides from January through May, one fewer than the 113 recorded in 2014 and 2017, the previous records for the same time period, according to NYPD data obtained by The Post.

There were 18 murders reported for the month of May, one fewer than the previous low of 19 recorded in May 2019.

There were 54 shootings in the month of May, besting the previous low of 61 in 2019, the data showed.

Adams, who is seeking reelection this year on an independent ballot line, heralded the data.

“When I took the oath of office as mayor, I made a promise that we would make this city safer and that we would drive down crime. Today, the numbers prove that we have not just kept that promise — we have exceeded it,” Adams told The Post.

“I am exceptionally proud to share that from January 2025 to May 2025, New York City has seen the lowest number of shootings and homicides in recorded history.”

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch thanked officers and the mayor – but took a jab at the state’s recent criminal justice reforms.

“Results like this never happen by accident, and certainly not at a time when the state’s criminal justice laws have made a revolving door out of our criminal justice system,” Tisch said.

“Here’s how your Mayor and your NYPD cops delivered the safest January-May for gun violence in New York City: Three-plus years of relentlessly going after guns on our streets; and a data driven policing strategy that puts more cops in the right places at the right times to do what they do better than anyone else in the world.”

Tisch vowed that the NYPD “will not let up” and said a Summer Violence Reduction Plan by the department is “bold and aggressive and designed to continue driving the same historic safety gains.”