"2025 was the safest year in Brooklyn's history, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Dec. 31. Homicides and shooting homicides dropped by about 25%, while shooting incidents and the number of shooting victims fell to new lows, declining by 15% and 11%, respectively. The reductions marked a five-year trend of declines across all gun-violence categories. According to the latest NYPD CompStat report, Brooklyn's murder rate fell 24%, from 120 homicides in 2024 to 91 in 2025, surpassing the previous low of 98 homicides recorded in 2018."
"Overall, Brooklyn has seen a steady decline in violent crime since 2020, when the city experienced a sharp surge amid the global pandemic and widespread social unrest. Since then, the borough's homicide rate has dropped 48%, shootings have declined 63%, and shooting victims have fallen 62%, making Brooklyn the only borough where all three categories continued to decrease over a five-year span."
Brooklyn recorded its lowest levels of gun violence in 2025 with the murder rate falling 24% from 120 to 91 homicides. Shooting incidents dropped to 244, 43 fewer than 2024, and shooting victims numbered 307, down 40. Since 2020, the borough's homicide rate fell 48%, shootings declined 63%, and shooting victims decreased 62%, the only borough with five-year declines across all three categories. Public housing areas saw substantial reductions: homicides fell 41%, shootings 31%, and shooting incidents 32%. Several neighborhoods posted large year-over-year drops, including Brownsville, Crown Heights, and East New York.
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