the 2025 numbers build on impressive declines in crime in 2024
but I don't discount the possibility of a Trump effect...it seems implausible to me...but if his supporters wish to give him credit who am i to tell them they are wrong
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch today announced that 2024 concluded with a nearly 3% reduction in overall index crime, which equates to 3,662 fewer incidents and thousands of fewer victims of violence and disorder across the five boroughs. The index crime categories of murder, robbery, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny—auto each saw sizable reductions across New York City in 2024, led, in part, by hefty drops during the month of December in five of the seven major crime categories. Overall index crime in December, compared to the same month in 2023, decreased by 15.5%, the largest one-month decrease since February 2021.