Major crimes continued to dip in the Big Apple last month, with all-time lows in shootings and gunshot victims — despite a troubling bump in murder and rape.
Newly released NYPD statistics show that crime in the five boroughs was down by 6.7% across the board in August compared to the same month last year, along with an 8.2% drop in robberies and near-19% dip in citywide burglaries over the same period.
Shootings and gun victims have also hit an all-time low through the first eight months of the year, with 489 incidents and 611 victims, besting the previous record of 502 and 612 in 2018, police said…