NYPD announces a nearly 9% decline in crime across New York City in October

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch is calling the last 10 months some of the safest for New Yorkers with historic lows in shootings and murders across the city. She's even pointing to 26 gang-related takedowns and more than 4,500 illegal guns being removed from the streets as some of the factors that have contributed to those reductions of acts of violence. Now take a look here. This is just some of the crimes by the NYPD that show a major decline to have shown major decline so far this year. Now reports of shooting victims were down to 649 from 746 in 2025, while 536 shooting incidents have been reported compared to 598 last year. And with 230 reported murders this year, NYPD says it beats the record low of 244 set in 2017. Now with the city seeing an overall crime reduction, NYPD says Brooklyn has seen fewer murders overall and the Bronx has led the change with major crimes being down more than 11% this year. Now the data does come as shootings have plagued communities in our region, including the murder of 15 year old Javits Fringpong on October 29th. The teen was shot while on his way to school in the Bronx. Now the report also highlights a spike in transit crime over the last year, showing more than 1,800 incidents reported. That's more than 39 crimes reported this year so far on a subway than last year. Now, of course, if you do want to read the full report by the NYPD, you can visit our website at news12.com. In Borough Park, Jonathan Calixto, News 12.