NYC reports a sharp drop in homicides and shootings in 2025, with a 20% decrease in murders and fewer shooting victims.

New York City has a reputation for being larger-than-life in many areas, and that includes crime. Movies and t.v. series love to take us to the coarse streets and alleys of the city that never sleeps.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state would spend another $77 million on police patrols in the subway, acknowledging that felony ...

Crime is falling across the U.S., with the monthly totals through March published by the Real Time Crime Index showing violent crime back roughly at pre-pandemic levels while property crime is much ...

NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Jessica Tisch, the New York City police commissioner who has overseen a drop in violent crime under outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, has agreed to remain in the post under newly ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that crime in the Big Apple has reached historic lows. From the start of the year through May 31, the city saw the lowest number of shootings and ...

New York proves crime and disorder are not inevitable. Chicago leaders should study what worked and why it mattered.

Each day in New York City, usually in the evening hours, some 1,500 police officers — a mix of new recruits and seasoned detectives — report to various precincts. After a quick briefing, they fan out ...

Federal authorities launch first-of-its-kind task force to combat transnational organized crime by bringing together state, local and federal agencies.

EXCLUSIVE: NEW YORK – The FBI has warned it is getting ready to smash and dismantle the transnational gangs who have helped transform a busy commercial strip in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City’s Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop by Peter Moskos. Oxford University Press, 312 pages, ...