Shootings and homicides citywide dipped in January, regardless of rises in different main crimes together with assault and theft, the NYPD stated Friday.

Shootings in New York decreased final month by about 26%, with 73 incidents, in comparison with 99 incidents in January 2022. Shootings declined most steeply within the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan, the NYPD stated.

NYPD 40th Precinct Officers are seen standing near the scene where at least for people were shot at E. 141st St. and Willis Ave. in The Bronx on Monday afternoon.

NYPD fortieth Precinct Officers are seen standing close to the scene the place at the least for individuals have been shot at E. 141st St. and Willis Ave. in The Bronx on Monday afternoon. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/for New York Day by day Information)

On the finish of 2022, stats confirmed homicides have been down by 11% in comparison with 2021. This decline continued in January, with 30 murder victims, one lower than in the identical month final yr.

Different main crimes together with theft, felony assault, housebreaking and automobile theft went up 4% in January 2023 in comparison with January 2022.

Throughout town, police recorded a 15% enhance in felony assault with 2,056 incidents final month in comparison with 1,790 in January 2022, and a 7% enhance in housebreaking with 1,298 incidents final month in comparison with 1,211 in January 2022.

Cops recorded a 5% enhance in theft, with 1332 incidents in January 2023 in comparison with 1,265 in January 2022, and a 5% enhance in automobile theft with 1,223 incidents in January 2023 in comparison with 1,164 in January 2022.

Cops nabbed 4,420 criminals final month, in comparison with 3,410 in January 2022 — a 30% enhance, which was the very best month-to-month enhance since 1999.

Police Commissoner Keechant Sewell stated “extra work … is required in the case of sure classes of crime, and we’re decided in our efforts to reverse these tendencies.“

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