The NYPD ended 2025 with double-digit decreases in both murders and shootings compared with last year while suffering a troubling increase in rape investigations, the Daily News has learned. As of Tuesday night, the NYPD had seen a 20% drop in homicides, from 381 last year to 303 this year, NYPD sources said. The number of shooting victims, which includes homicide victims and survivors, across the five boroughs also decreased — by 22% — from 1,101 last year to 853 through Tuesday, the numbers show. The NYPD has not yet released crime statistics for Wednesday, the last day of 2025, or their year-end numbers. The number of rape cases reported to the NYPD jumped by 15% this year, from 1,762 last year to 2,043 in 2025.

Source: Daily Sun January 02, 2026 15:06 UTC