Crime ticked back upward, albeit slightly, across New York City during January 2023 after ending 2022 with a December decline in major felonies, the NYPD reported on Friday evening.
January saw a 4.1% increase in the seven major crime categories (murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, grand larceny, burglary, auto theft) from a year prior, with 10,067 crimes reported during the period. Shootings and murders, however, were still down for the period, which the NYPD credits to an “enhanced public safety investment across each borough, in every neighborhood.”
