This week, Mayor Eric Adams and I were proud to report that overall major crime declined in New York City in 2024, with 3,662 fewer crimes this year compared to last.
Murders in our city are at a five-year low.
Shooting incidents and shooting victims were down for the third straight year — including the lowest number of shooting incidents in Brooklyn since the early 1990s.
Major crime is down in public housing, and it’s also down in our transit system for the second straight year. In fact, discounting the pandemic years, 2024 was the safest our subways have been from major crime in 14 years.
Make no mistake: These crime reductions were achieved thanks to the hard work and grit of New York’s Finest — but we know that many New Yorkers don’t feel safe.
Their perception of public safety has become their reality, and we know why: surging recidivism.
Compared to 2018, 2024 witnessed an unacceptable increase in the number of individuals arrested three or more times for the same crime in the same year .