NYC crime plunges in January compared to 2024: NYPD report

Main crimes together with homicide, assaults and robberies plummeted city-wide throughout the first month of the 12 months, in accordance with the NYPD.

General crime for the seven main classes dropped 16.8% final month in comparison with January 2024.

Mayor Eric Adams is scheduled to ship the constructive information throughout his finances testimony earlier than the state Legislature in Albany on Tuesday.

The NYPD stats present that:

Murders dropped 24% from 33 in January 2024 to 25 this January.

Robberies sank 26%, from 1,436 to 1,063.

Felony assaults decreased 6.9% from 2,130 to 1,983.

Housebreaking fell 3.7% from 1,100 to 1,059.

Grand larceny fell 21.7% from 4,161 to three,256.

Grand larceny – auto declined 23.1% from 1,167 to 898.

In the meantime, reported rapes bucked the development — leaping an alarming 40% from 106 in January 2024 to 149 previously month.

Metropolis officers claimed the rise is an anomaly, attributable to a brand new state regulation that went into impact final September.

The regulation broadens the classification of rape to incorporate pressured oral intercourse and anal intercourse in addition to vaginal penetration.

Transit crimes additionally plunged 36.4% from 231 in 2024 to 147 final month and main incidents in public housing developments fell 14.5% from 497 to 425, in accordance with the NYPD information.

A month earlier, a very heinous transit crime rattled town when an unlawful immigrant allegedly torched a 57-year-old homeless girl, Debrina Kawam, on a Brooklyn subway practice — burning her alive.

Adams, who faces re-election this 12 months whereas combating a legal corruption trial and sagging approval rankings, trumpeted the discount in crime.

“Public security is the prerequisite to prosperity, and the most recent crime statistics for January show that our complete strategy to combating crime and bettering high quality of life will not be solely working — it’s driving actual, measurable progress,” Adams instructed The Publish.

“We’re seeing double-digit decreases in each total crime above floor and transit crime under floor — with capturing incidents in January being the bottom quantity recorded for the month of January in over 30 years — and we stay dedicated to making sure that New Yorkers aren’t simply secure however really feel secure, too.”

He famous that the NYPD has deployed 1,200 extra cops into the subway system, plus 300 extra officers to particularly patrol subway trains in a single day in a joint program introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“I wish to thank Commissioner [Jessica] Tisch and the unimaginable women and men of the NYPD for making our streets safer daily. Whereas others advocate for defunding the police, we’ve defended them, and this is only one of numerous examples of why New Yorkers need extra policing, not much less,” Adams stated.