NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for April 2022

May 3, 2022

Intelligence-Driven Policing, Focus on Guns and Quality-of-Life Offenses Continue

For the month of April 2022, New York City saw a 38% decrease in homicides (31 v. 50) and a 29.1% drop in shooting incidents (105 v. 148) compared to April 2021.

Overall index crime increased by 34.2% in April 2022, compared to the same period a year ago (9,463 v. 7,051) – a total driven by a 43.5% increase in grand larceny (3,867 v. 2,694) and a 41.5% increase in robbery (1,261 v. 891). Burglaries also increased by 39.4% (1,209 v. 867) in April 2022 compared to last year.

NYPD officers effected 49.6% more arrests across the seven major index crime categories (3,832 v. 2,561) in April 2022, including 372 arrests for illegal gun possession – which is 146 more gun arrests than the same period last year, a 64.6% increase.

“The women and men of the NYPD are making noticeable headway through our enhanced patrol deployments both on the street and below ground in the subway system, a concentrated effort to take even more illegal firearms out of the hands of criminals, and a renewed attention to persistent quality-of-life offenses – guided directly by complaints from the people we serve,” Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said. “Throughout the five boroughs, the NYPD remains highly focused on the relatively small number of people responsible for much of New York City’s crime and disorder.”

Each day and night, NYPD investigators and analysts are relentless in gathering timely and accurate intelligence, identifying and arresting the drivers of violence, and presenting the strongest possible cases to their law enforcement colleagues in the courts.

The NYPD’s ability to reverse negative crime trends is enhanced by collaborations with its city, state, and federal partners – most notably by way of their daily Gun Violence Strategic Partnership meetings. Further progress is realized through New Yorkers’ understanding that true public safety requires a shared responsibility, and that building trust and strengthening relationships between the police and the people they serve is vital to the city’s collective mission.

**All crime statistics are preliminary and subject to further analysis, revision, or change.*.*


Index Crime Statistics: April 2022


April 2022 April 2021 +/- %
Murder 31 50 -19 -38.0%
Rape 109 116 -7 -6.0%
Robbery 1261 891 +370 +41.5%
Fel. Assault 2044 1690 +354 +20.9%
Burglary 1209 867 +342 +39.4%
Grand
Larceny
3867 2694 +1173 +43.5%
Grand Larceny Auto 942 743 +199 +26.8%
TOTAL 9463 7051 +2412 +34.2%


Additional Statistics For April 2022


April 2022 April 2021 +/- %
Transit
176 115 +61 +53.0%
Housing
444 466 -22 -4.7%
Citywide Shooting
Incidents
105 148 -43 -29.1%

Rape Incident Reporting Statistics: April 2022

(Reports filed from April 1 – April 30 in years indicated)

Year Total
Incidents
Reported
Incident
Occurred
Same Year
Incident
Occurred
Previous
Year
Incident
Occurred
2 Years
Prior
Incident
Occurred
3 Years
Prior
Incident
Occurred
4 Years
Prior
Incident
Occurred
5+ Years
Prior
2022
109 79 11 4 3 2 11
2021
116 83 8 9 1 4 11
2020
72 62 5 3 0 0 2
2019
145 110 19 6 2 1 7
2018
168 132 17 4 0 3 12
2017
119 97 14 1 0 1 6

Rape continues to be underreported. If you are a victim of sexual assault, please come forward. The 24-hour NYPD Special Victims Division hotline is: 212-267-RAPE (7273).


Hate Crimes Statistics Summary for April 2022

(Representing April 1st – April 30th* for calendar years 2022 and 2021)

Motivation 2022 2021 Diff % Change
Asian
7 28 -21 -75%
Black
4 3 +1 +33%
Disability
0 0 0 0%
Ethnic
4 0 4 ***.*
Gender
0 3 -3 -100%
Hispanic
0 0 0 ***.*
Jewish
16 27 -11 -41%
Muslim
3 0 3 ***.*
Religion
2 0 +2 ***.*
Sexual Orientation
4 6 -2 -33%
White
0 0 0 0%
Grand Total
40 67 -27 -40%

Note: Statistics above are subject to change upon investigation, as active possible bias cases may be reclassified to non-bias cases and removed from counted data.

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