Southern Tier cities and towns have been included in a 2025 safety ranking of New York municipalities. Oneonta was ranked ...

Felony assaults on senior citizens in New York City have risen by 125% since 2017, with experts suggesting the pandemic's ...

Officials in Manhattan and Chicago touted sharp drops in homicides in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same ...

Crime has jumped 44% in New York City since the start of 2022 and many repeat offenders are fueling the uptick in violence at a time when gun crimes usually decline amid the cold months ...

New York state had a violent-crime rate of 1,180.9 per 100,000 and a murder rate of 14.5 per 100,000 in 1990. By 2015, those measures had plummeted to 379.7 and 3.1.

New York City saw a 5.6% drop in major crimes for February compared to the same month a year ago, a trend which NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Friday was “encouraging” and has ...

A leading Manhattan congressman who has taken the subway for years and the transportation secretary, who frequently ...

Ahead of the hearing, Herrmann decided to compare New York City crime rates with rates in Columbus, Ohio, which Congressman Jordan represents. "We see that you're 4.3 times more likely to be ...

After three decades of historic lows, crime rates across New York City began to tick up in 2020. Officials have blamed the rise on a mix of factors, ...

Through the first six months of 2023, the state’s violent crime rate outside New York City dipped 6% compared with the same period in 2022, Gov. Hochul’s office said Thursday.

Despite recent shootings, New York City transit crime rate holds steady. Crime in New York City is still not as high as it was in the 90s and 80s. By Kiara Alfonseca. May 23, 2022, 5:23 PM.