Murders in New York City, 1950-2020

Factsheet: 2020 Shootings & Murders

New York City faced two very real public safety challenges in 2020. The first was the public health crisis of COVID-19. The other was a spike in gun violence and murders. Both represent clear threats to the lives of New Yorkers. The shooting and murder spike represented a reversal of years of steadily declining rates of both. While gun violence and murder in any number is unacceptable, the circumstances were neither unique to New York, nor without recent precedent. The rises in gun violence and murder were not accompanied by a general increase in crime, with rates in other crime categories either remaining steady or falling.

Murders in New York City, 1950-2020

There were 462 recorded murders in 2020, up from 319 in 2019 (45 percent increase). The last similar year was 2009, with 471 murders. While problematic, these statistics come nowhere near the levels of violence faced by the City in the 1980s and 1990s.

3,000

2,400

1,800

1,200

600

0

1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2020

1 Data source:

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Murder Rate, 1985-2020

Large cities across the country experienced the same trends as NYC last year. The murder rate (per 100,000 people) in NYC rose by 1.7 from 2019 to 2020. Other cities increased more dramatically: Los Angeles (+2.4), Philadelphia (+9.1), Houston (+5.5), and Chicago (+10.3).

USA

NYC

LOS ANGELES

PHILADELPHIA

HOUSTON

CHICAGO

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

`85 `86 `87 `88 `89 `90 `91 `92 `93 `94 `95 `96 `97 `98 `99 `00 `01 `02 `03 `04 `05 `06 `07 `08 `09 `10 `11 `12 `13 `14 `15 `16 `17 `18 `19 `20

2 Data source: FBI UCR

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Shooting Incidents, 1993-2020

There were 1,531 shooting incidents in 2020, up 97 percent from 2019 (776). 2020 levels are comparable to 2003 (1,577) and 2011 (1,510).

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

`93 `94 `95 `96 `97 `98 `99 `00 `01 `02 `03 `04 `05 `06 `07 `08 `09 `10 `11 `12 `13 `14 `15 `16 `17 `18 `19 `20

Shootings and Murders are Concentrated in Time and Place

Shootings historically rise in the summer months, though the increase in 2020 was sharper than in past years. Geographically, shootings are largely concentrated within a small number of Brooklyn and Bronx neighborhoods. Eight of these neighborhoods also had the highest number of shootings in 1993.

2020

2019

250

200

150

100

50

0

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sept.

Nov.

Dec.

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Data source: Top: NYPD Compstat; Bottom: NYPD Monthly Press Releases

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Most Affected Neighborhoods' 2020

*Neighborhoods also having the highest number of shootings in 1993. Woodlawn, Bronx

Grand Concourse, Bronx* Mott Haven, Bronx

West Bronx, Bronx * Morrisania, Bronx

Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn*

East Flatbush, Brooklyn*

East New York, Brooklyn* Brownsville, Brooklyn* Northern Crown Heights, Brooklyn*

1993 (precinct)

Shooting Number

Browsville (73rd)

304

East New York (75th)

283

Bedford Stuyvesant

(79th)

241

Northern Crown

Heights (77th)

238

Bushwick (83rd)

218

East Flatbush (67th)

202

Mott Haven (40th)

193

Grand Concourse (44th) 165

West Bronx (46th)

161

Bedford Stuyvesant (81st) 156

Data source: NYPD

Shooting 2019 (precinct) Number

East New York (75th)

51

Browsville (73rd)

34

Morrisania (42nd)

31

Bedford Stuyvesant (79th) 30

East Flatbush (67th)

29

Grand Concourse (44th) 29

West Bronx (46th)

27

Jamaica (113rd)

27

Northern Crown

Heights (77th)

25

Woodlawn (47th)

23

2020 (precinct)

Shooting Number

East New York (75th)

102

Browsville (73rd)

96

Bedford Stuyvesant (79th) 61

East Flatbush (67th)

60

Mott Haven (40th)

55

Northern Crown

Heights (77th)

54

Grand Concourse (44th) 49

Woodlawn (47th)

46

Morrisania (42nd)

44

West Bronx (46th)

44

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