NYC Reports Lowest Murders, Shootings in Decades, More Hate Crimes

Major crime in the Bronx is down by 9 percent, 5 percent citywide.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announce 2026 first quarter crime statistics at the police headquarters in New York City on April 2, 2026. Nicholas Zifcak/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK CITY—New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced that the city had fewer murders and shooting incidents in the first quarter of 2026 than in any prior first quarter in recorded history.

The city recorded 54 murders during the first three months of 2026, fewer than the previous low of 60 murders in 2018.