Crime dips in NYC minus the years-long spike in underreported offense, new NYPD stats show

Major crimes are down across the Big Apple — except for a troubling years-long spike in rapes in the Big Apple, underreported assaults that continue to frustrate cops, new NYPD stats show.Data released Tuesday shows a nearly 14% drop in murders in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, along with a more than 7.8% drop in burglaries, a 7.1% dip in robberies and a 2.3% drop in felony assaults — part of an overall 3.46% dip crime in seven major crimes.Transit crimes also dipped by 6.4% June-to-June, and 1.1% over the second quarter from last year.“So far this year, we’ve had 100 fewer shootings compared to the same period last year,” Mayor Eric Adams told reporters.

“And when you compare this six-month period to the same period in 2021, right before we came into office, shootings are down astronomically — 54%.”But hidden in the numbers are is rise in rapes, which have continued to buck the trend for years.Police stats show that 517 rapes were reported during the second quarter this year, up from 448 over the same period in 2024 — and part of a troubling years-long trend.Rapes are up more than 20% this year compared to last year as of last week, and have spiked 33.7% over the same period two years ago and 57.6% over the past 15 years, stats released last week show.Tisch acknowledged the rise in rapes in the stats on Tuesday, and said the crime has bucked the recent downward turn in offenses due to a glitch in state law.“That increase is in large part due to a change in state law that took effect in September of 2024, which expanded the legal definition of rape to better reflect the full range of these crimes,” she said.“Because of that change, we expect to have a clearer year-over-year comparison this fall.”Rapes continue to be grossly underreported, according to police — and the department urges victims to reach out to the NYPD 24-hour Special Victims Division at 212-267-RAPE.Adams said the summer months pose a particula...