According to NYPD, major crimes, including murder, assault, and robbery, have plunged throughout the city in the first month of the year.
The overall crime of the seven major categories fell 16.8 % last month compared to January 2024.
Mayor Eric Adams plans to provide positive news during the budget testimony in front of the State Congress held in Albanny on Tuesday.
NYPD statistics indicate the following:
- The murder fell 24 % on January 25 this year from 33 in January 2024.
- The robbery sank from 1,436 to 1,063 to 26 %.
- The assault of felony has decreased by 6.9 % and reduced from 2,130 to 1,983.
- Robbery has fallen 3.7 % from 1,100 to 1,059
- Grand Raseny dropped from 4,161 to 3,256 21.7 %
- Grand Larceny -Auto has decreased by 23.1 % from 1,167 to 898
On the other hand, the reported rape is against the trend of surprising 40 % from 106 to 149 last month from 106 in January 2024.
Municipal authorities argued that this increase was abnormal for the new state law in September last year.
The law expands the classification of rape for forced gender and analogy, and to contain the penetration of the vagina.
According to NYPD data, transportation crimes increased by 36.4 % from 231 in 2024 to 231 in 2024 to 147, and the main cases of public housing development have decreased 14.5 % from 497 to 425.
One month ago, a vicious traffic crime was a 57 -year -old homeless woman, Deblina Kawam, on a subway train in Brooklyn, and rattled the city when she bred and burned her. 。
This year, Adams, who has been re -election while fighting a criminal corruption trial, has trumped crime.
“Public safety is a prerequisite for prosperity, and the latest criminal statistics in January not only work on crime and improve the quality of life, but also realistic and measured. It proves that it is promoting progress, “Adams told the post.
“There is a decrease in two digits in both the overall crime on the ground and the transportation crime on the ground. The shooting case in January is the minimum number of January in more than 30 years, and to ensure New Yorker. It is not safe, but it is safe.
He has 1,200 police officers on the subway system, and an additional officer of 300 additional officers to concrete the subway overnight in a joint program announced by Governor Cathy Houchulu. I focused on developing.
“I want to thank the commissioner [Jessica] The incredible men and women of TISCH and NYPD make our city safer than every day. Others argue that they will refund the police, but we defended them, but this is only one of the countless reasons why New Yorkers want more police. ” Adams said.
