By Scott Axelrod
Staten Island Advance, N.Y.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City has seen the lowest number of shooting victims in recorded history and has tied the all-time low for shooting incidents during the first half of 2025, NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced Tuesday.
From January through June, the city recorded 397 shooting victims, which is down 24% from the same period last year, and 337 shooting incidents, a 23% decline over last year. Shooting incidents were also down 30% in the month of June and 22% in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, the NYPD reports.
“In the first six months of the year, New York City saw the lowest number of shooting victims and shooting incidents in recorded history,” Tisch said. ”Records like this don’t happen by chance — they happen because of strategy, precision and the relentless work of your NYPD officers.”
To continue driving down crime in the summer months, the NYPD has launched the Summer Violence Reduction Plan. The policing plan includes 72 summer deployment zones across 59 communities with more than 2,000 uniformed officers deployed to foot posts in precincts, public housing and the subway system — all focused on high-priority crimes and shootings.
“We followed the data and deployed officers to our Summer Violence Reduction Zones, took down dangerous street gangs driving gun violence, and removed more than 2,600 illegal firearms off our streets,” the commissioner said.
NYPD CompStat statistics for Staten Island from January through June recorded three shooting victims for the six-month period, as compared to eight during the same period in 2024 — a 62.5% decline. Three shooting incidents were recorded in the borough as compared to eight recorded last year as well.
The three shootings represent the lowest number through June 22 for any year since the introduction of the NYPD CompStat tracking system in 1994.
It should be noted that current CompStat data compiled up to the week ending on June 22 does not include two shootings that occurred in the borough within the last several days.
At around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning , a 26-year-old man was grazed by a bullet in his shoulder in New Brighton, police said. The victim was transported in stable condition to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton.
On Sunday afternoon, at around 1:17 p.m. , a 21-year-old male was shot in the right leg in Castleton Corners, according to police. That victim was transported in stable condition to Northwell Staten Island University Hospital , according to an NYPD spokesperson.
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