New York City saw a drop in crime last month, with overall crime falling nearly 17% compared to January 2024, according to NYPD statistics released Tuesday.

The city recorded 1,700 fewer major crimes last month, marking the second consecutive month of double-digit declines after a 15.5% drop in December.

The decline was seen in all five boroughs, the NYPD said. The agency also logged a steep 36.4% decline in subway crime.

What You Need To Know

  • The city recorded 1,700 fewer major crimes last month, marking the second consecutive month of double-digit declines

  • he agency also logged a steep 36.4% decline in subway crime

  • The department also recorded five consecutive days without a reported shooting victim during the month

  • NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited the city’s “zone-based policing” strategy for the drops in overall crime, subway crime and shootings.

Notably, New York City recorded the lowest number of shooting incidents for any January since the NYPD began tracking that statistic more than 30 years ago. Meanwhile, the department also recorded five consecutive days without a reported shooting victim during the month.

The overall crime drop was largely driven by significant drops in murder, robbery, grand larceny and auto theft, according to the NYPD.

Murder was down by approximately 24% year over year, with 25 reported killings last month compared to 33 in January 2024. Shootings also fell by 21.5%.

Robberies saw one of the steepest declines, dropping 26% from 1,436 incidents in January 2024 to 1,063 last month. Grand larceny fell 21.7%, from 4,161 to 3,256, while auto thefts dropped 23.1%, from 1,167 to 898. Felony assaults, which saw an uptick last year, declined by 6.9%, from 2,130 to 1,983 incidents last month, while burglary dipped by 3.7%, from 1,100 incidents in January 2024 to 1,059 last month.

Reported rape was the only major crime to see an increase last month, with 149 incidents reported compared to 106 in January 2024. The NYPD said 88 of those incidents occurred in 2025, while 61 were from prior years.

The police department credited its “Three Point Plan” for the decline in transit crime. The NYPD said it has reassigned hundreds of officers from desk jobs to patrol subway trains and platforms, with two officers now assigned to every overnight train from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Moreover, crime at public housing developments in the city dropped 14.5% year over year, while the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force also reported a 34% decline in incidents, with 30 reported last month compared to 38 in January 2024.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited the city’s “zone-based policing” strategy — which uses an algorithm to pinpoint areas of heightened crime and deploy officers accordingly — for the drops in overall crime, subway crime and shootings.

“January’s crime declines are an extraordinary testament to the work of our cops,” Tisch said in a statement. “Every day, we are analyzing crime numbers and optimizing our deployments to put cops in zones that need them. That’s starting to deliver real results. And New Yorkers can expect more of that data-driven policing to come.”