Source: New York Post
Big Apple murder numbers are the lowest they’ve been in decades, but hate crimes are up almost 12% — nearly half of them listed as antisemitic incidents, NYPD brass announced Thursday. There were 54 murders in the five boroughs through the first three months of the year, the lowest since the city started keeping track in the early 1990s and breaking the record low of 60 over the same time span in 2018, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said as she unveiled new crime stat numbers. “Citywide, major crime dropped with over 1,400 fewer reported crimes compared to 2025, murders and shootings reached their lowest levels ever recorded for a first quarter, and our public housing developments had the safest start to the year for gun violence in history,” Tisch said.
