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Vereinigte Staaten: Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell Presser
NEW YORK (77WABC) — The NYPD has released new data showing the crime statistics in New York City for the month of May.
The data shows that the number of overall shooting incidents again declined compared to the same time a year ago, continuing a downward trend in gun violence. Citywide shooting incidents decreased by 31.4% (118 v. 172), marked by declines in every patrol borough except Staten Island, where the tally remained even.
The number of overall hate crimes also declined for the month, by 10%, (63 v. 73) compared to the same period last year.
The data also shows that there were 414 gun arrests in May 2022, bringing the total number of citywide gun arrests in 2022 to 2,007 – a 4.4% increase compared with the 1,923 gun arrests through the first five months of 2021.The NYPD says it has seized approximately 3,080 firearms so far this year, at a time when its gun arrests are at a 28-year high.
Overall index crime in New York City increased by 27.8% in May 2022 compared with the year before (10,414 v. 8,149). Each of the seven major index crime categories saw increases, driven by a 42.1% increase in grand larceny (4,116 v. 2,897); a 28.3% rise in burglary (1,239 v. 966); and a 26.2% increase in robbery (1,506 v. 1,193).
“We have pointed every resource we have at reducing gun violence in this city. We have seen seven straight weeks of shootings going down – and that is not a coincidence,” said Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell in a statement. “We are using an intelligence-led approach and gun arrests are being made in numbers we haven’t seen in almost 30 years, but we understand that we have to be relentless because lives depend on it.”
The NYPD says the reduction in shootings is part of a growing trend that reflects the NYPD’s work earlier this year with the rollout of new Neighborhood Safety Teams, which have seized 105 firearms and effected 115 gun arrests since their inception in mid-March. It also coincides with the NYPD’s continuing work to develop and investigate intelligence-based, long-term cases focused on the very few New Yorkers willing to pick up a gun and use it.
