New York City is starting 2026 with some record low crime figures.
The city had the fewest shootings, victims of shootings, and murders ever recorded for the first two months of the year. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said there were 83 shooting incidents and 97 victims. The previous lows were 92 incidents in 2025 and 105 victims in 2019. The 32 murders in January and February fell below the previous record low set in 2018. The NYPD said most major crimes, including burglary, robbery, felony assault, grand larceny and auto theft, saw year-over-year declines. But there were 31 hate crimes in February alone, 21 of them antisemitic.