The Huge Apple simply went 12 days with no single murder — matching a historic document set practically a decade in the past, the NYPD stated Monday.
The zero-homicide stretch ended Sunday evening when a 38-year-old man was shot within the head within the Bronx.
Previous to the most recent slaying, New York Metropolis hasn’t gone that many consecutive days with no murder since 2015, when the document for the longest stretch with no killing was set, based on police.
“Proper technique. Nice execution. That’s the way you set document after document,” NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated as she touted the most recent crime figures.
“Thanks to the members of the NYPD who’ve sacrificed a lot this yr to drive down violent crime to document lows.”
In the meantime, murders dropped final month to the bottom degree since 2018 with 16 slayings, the most recent crime knowledge present.
In November, there have been additionally zero murders in all of Queens and Staten Island, police stated.
General homicide was additionally down 46.6% final month in comparison with November 2024, based on the crime stats.
