Overview
- The NYPD, which released Monday’s April CompStat update, reported 19 murders last month and 76 through April, both the lowest on record.
- Shooting incidents fell 18.6% and shooting victims dropped 19.3% from April 2025 as burglary, robbery, auto theft, and retail theft also declined citywide.
- April saw 50 confirmed hate crimes, down 35% year over year, with 60% targeting Jewish residents as shifting NYPD reporting methods this year complicate comparisons.
- Officials cite a precision-policing strategy that targets illegal guns and violent gangs and will roll out a Summer Violence Reduction Plan deploying up to 3,800 officers across streets, the subway, and public housing.
- The Bronx led the April declines and Staten Island recorded no murders year to date, yet two deadly shootings of a 7-month-old in Brooklyn and a 15-year-old in Queens showed persistent, gang-linked harm to families.