Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch have announced historic reductions in crime across New York City, including a record low number of shooting victims for the first half of 2025—marking a significant milestone in the city’s ongoing public safety campaign.

At a press conference flanked by NYPD leadership, Mayor Adams praised the dedication of the police force and emphasized that public safety remains the “prerequisite to prosperity” in New York.

“It has always been my North Star to make sure our city is safe,” the mayor stated. “Our 2025 second quarter crime data shows that our public safety system is working.”

According to the mayor, crime is down across nearly every major category. “Major crime was down in June. Crime is down overall this year, and crime is now down for the sixth quarter in a row,” he emphasized. Homicides, rape, robbery, felony assaults, burglary, and grand larceny have all declined, while shootings in June fell by a remarkable 30 percent.

Retail theft has dropped by over 17 percent, and hate crimes—including those targeting Muslims, Jews, and members of the LGBTQ+ community—have seen double-digit declines. “We’re moving in the right direction,” Mayor Adams added, noting a 47 percent drop in hate crimes based on sexual orientation alone.

The mayor also highlighted the NYPD’s removal of 2,600 illegal guns this year alone and over 22,300 since he took office. “Those 2,600 weapons will no longer threaten the life of individuals, families, loved ones, and disrupt communities,” he said.

For the first six months of 2025, shooting incidents have fallen to their lowest levels in New York City’s recorded history, with 398 victims—a 24 percent drop from last year and 125 fewer victims than in 2024. Compared to the same period in 2021, shootings are down an astronomical 54 percent.

“Those are real results,” Adams said, adding that “thousands of people are no longer being traumatized by being a victim of crime.”

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch echoed the mayor’s remarks, describing the city’s progress as “no accident” but a result of strategic deployments and precision policing.

“In the first half of 2025, shooting victims fell to their lowest levels ever recorded,” Tisch declared. “That didn’t just beat the previous low—it shattered it.”

She detailed the department’s scalpel-like strategy, including 72 targeted deployment zones and the largest summer crime-reduction initiative in NYPD history, with up to 2,000 uniformed officers stationed in high-crime areas. “Since the launch of our summer plan, shootings and shooting victims have dropped a staggering 64 percent,” she reported.

Additionally, Commissioner Tisch praised NYPD detectives for executing 42 gang-related takedowns so far this year, arresting 322 gang members and recovering 236 illegal firearms.

Major crime has dropped in four of the five boroughs: Queens (-12%), Staten Island (-10%), Brooklyn (-8%), and Manhattan (-5%). While the Bronx saw a slight rise overall, precincts like the 4-4 saw shooting-related crimes drop by over 70 percent.

Transit safety also saw record improvements: major crime in the subway fell by 3 percent, and subway shootings plunged by 75 percent. “You’d have to go back to 2010 to find a six-month stretch this safe in the subway system,” Tisch added.

The NYPD’s new Quality of Life Division, launched in April, has responded to nearly 11,000 calls in just 75 days, tackling illegal vehicles, noise complaints, and unregulated smoke shops. “We’re expanding this division to every precinct citywide by Labor Day,” Tisch announced.

Mayor Adams concluded by crediting the multi-agency collaboration that has helped drive these results: “Fighting crime is not only a police officer’s job. It’s ACS’s job, the Department of Education’s job, DYCD’s job. We all have to be part of this crime-fighting apparatus.”

Commissioner Tisch closed her remarks by emphasizing the role of strategic planning and political support: “When the critics called to cut funding, [Mayor Adams] chose to cut crime. When the pressure came to back down, he chose to double down.”