New York City saw the lowest number of shootings and shooting victims in its recorded history through the first nine months of 2025, continuing a nearly two-year decline in major crime, city officials announced Wednesday.

Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said shootings, murders, robberies, and other major crimes have fallen to levels not seen in decades, capping the city’s seventh straight quarter of overall crime reduction since January 2024.

"At the start of our administration, we went to work to sweep out crime and illegal activities from our neighborhoods, and our 2025 third-quarter crime data shows that our public safety apparatus is working,” said Adams.

Citywide, shooting incidents fell more than 20 percent in the first nine months of 2025, 553 compared to 6

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