Police response times in the Big Apple have jumped to levels not seen in decades — as the NYPD’s dwindling ranks are being saddled with more and more “unnecessary” paperwork.
It took cops 16 minutes and 12 seconds on average to respond to a crime in progress, starting from when a 911 call was placed to when they arrived at the scene, over the first four months of the 2024 fiscal year.
That marked an increase of nearly two minutes, from 14 minute and 12 seconds, compared to the same time frame in the 2023 fiscal year, according to the Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report , which was released on Tuesday evening.
For calls of a “critical” crime in progress — such as shootings, robberies or burglaries — cops clocked in at 9 minutes and 40 seconds on average between July and October 2023.
During the same four-month period in the previous fiscal year, that average response time was about 30 seconds faster.
It took officers more than a half hour, 31 minutes and 54 seconds, on average to get to the scene of a “non-critical” crime, such as shoplifting, an jump of six minutes compared to July-October of 2022, according to the report.