There’s been a decline in overall crime in New York City, the NYPD announced Wednesday — but murder, rape and shooting incidents increased in April.
Murders have seen a 24% decline from 2024 to 2025 with 92 reported. Murders, however, have seen a 12% increase this April, with 28 murders compared with 25 in April 2024. Likewise, rape incidents have seen a 30% increase, with 169 incidents in April 2025 compared with 130 in April 2024.
Cops attributed the rise in rape incidents came as the result of New York State legislative changes in September 2024 that broaden the legal definition of rape in the state, and now includes additional forms of sexual assault.
Though shooting incidents were said to be down in 2025, they’ve seen a 21.7% increase with 73 incidents in April this year compared with 60 incidents in April 2024, according to NYPD statistics.
Comparing April 2025 to April 2024, overall crime — including robberies — have seen a 13.5% decrease, while burglary showing a 9.6% decrease and incidents involving grand larceny decreasing 4%.
“Crime is down for the seventh month in a row, and that’s the direct result of the strategies we’ve put in place and the tireless work of the men and women of the NYPD,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. “But even with that progress, we aren’t satisfied — there is always more we can do to reduce crime and ensure that New Yorkers feel safe. Next week, we’re rolling out our summer violence plan to confront these challenges head-on and continue the work to keep crime down across the city.”
Mayor Adams celebrated the crime decline as well as the handling of the migrant crisis in the city, and education at a town hall in Far Rockaway Wednesday afternoon, asserting: “We turned this city around folks.”
“The last quarter that we just experienced was the lowest number of shootings in recorded history in the city, second lowest number of homicides, we took off 80,000 illegal vehicles off our street,” Adams said.
Subway crime rose 7.8% in the month of April compared with April 2024; the NYPD attributed the hike to robberies and felony assault. Subway crime in 2025 has seen a 7.8% decrease compared with the 2024 year-to-date.
The NYPD launched a new quality of life division called Q teams last month to crack down on 311 complaints and focus on day-to-day issues of New Yorkers. The division has handled around 2,400 jobs since their launch and has helped issue 2,400 summonses, made 132 arrests, and seized 91 mopeds, 17 e-bikes, and 352 vehicles tied to constant complaints.
“New Yorkers are frustrated and they are asking for our help,” Tisch said at a press conference with Adams at the 13th Precinct stationhouse in Gramercy Park in April. “We’re turning our attention toward the issues that New Yorkers see and feel every day — the things that don’t always make headlines but deeply impact how people live.”
