Year to date, the Big Apple saw 381 shooting incidents, shattering the previous record of 412 over the same period, which was set in 2025. There were 462 shooting victims, beating the previous record of 489, also set in 2025, and there were 149 murders, besting the prior record of 174 murders from 2017. For the month of July, the NYPD set new record lows with 59 shooting incidents, surpassing the previous record from last July of 75. There were 81 shooting victims, lower than the previous record of 92 also set last year, as well as 21 murders, bettering the previous record of 24 murders set in 2013. The summer safety trend is going especially strong in Brooklyn , which went nearly a month without a single person getting killed, officials said.