Overview
- After backlash to a brief shift to confirmed-only figures, the NYPD will now publish monthly totals for both complaints flagged as potential hate crimes and cases confirmed by its Hate Crimes Task Force.
- Quarterly data show 143 confirmed hate crimes in Q1 2026, up from 128 a year earlier, with 78 cases targeting Jewish New Yorkers for a 55% share.
- A March snapshot listed 55 confirmed hate crimes, including 32 antisemitic cases, with 42 additional reported incidents still under review.
- Overall public safety indicators improved in the first quarter, with major crime down and 54 homicides marking the lowest first-quarter total on record.
- Police said patrol officers first flag incidents, then specialists and legal staff review them for confirmation, a process critics say can leave some bias-motivated incidents uncounted in the confirmed totals.