Violent crime in Brooklyn was down more than 7% year-over-year in June, according to the latest NYPD statistics, as New York City marked a record-low number of shootings and a continued decline in overall crime.
From June 2-28, crime across Kings County was down in five of seven major felony categories — rape, robbery, burglary, felony assault, and grand larceny — compared to the same period last year.
Rape, which has remained stubbornly high in Brooklyn, dropped 15% from 44 incidents to 37, though non-rape sex crimes climbed by 19%.
Homicide was up significantly, rising 57% from seven murders in June 2024 to 11 in June 2025, and grand larceny auto ticked up by 19%, with a whopping 320 vehicles reported stolen in just 28 days. Several southern Brooklyn precincts saw homicides spike. The 61st Precinct — which covers Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach — and the 69th Precinct in Canarsie saw two homicides each, where none were reported last year.
As crime declined in Brooklyn, city officials were also celebrating steep drop-offs citywide. Across the five boroughs, major felonies were down 6% year-over-year, and felonies were also down about 6% for the first six months of the year.
And while gun violence usually rises in the summer months, it declined citywide in June — shootings were down 30% citywide and 26% in Brooklyn, where 25 shootings were reported compared to 34 during the same period last year.
“Records like this don’t happen by chance — they happen because of strategy, precision, and the relentless work of your NYPD officers,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, in a statement. “We followed the data and deployed officers to our Summer Violence Reduction Zones, took down dangerous street gangs driving gun violence, and removed more than 2,600 illegal firearms off our streets.”
In May, the NYPD deployed officers to those “Summer Violence Reduction Zones” in 59 communities across the city. In those communities, Tisch said major crime is down 27% in the zones, and shootings are down 64%.
Despite the overall drop in shootings, Brooklyn saw a number of violent firearm-related incidents in June, and shooting deaths accounted for several homicides.
A June 2 double shooting in Bushwick left one man dead, another injured, and the suspect on the loose. Weeks later, a 15-year-old was shot and injured in the same neighborhood.
In Brownsville, two young men were shot and wounded near a Brownsville school on June 28, and another man was fatally shot in an unrelated incident just hours later.
June also saw a 9% uptick in transit crime in Brooklyn, with 242 incidents reported compared to 243 last year, even though transit crime is down across the city. On June 28, an MTA worker was beaten inside an East New York station after stopping two alleged fare-evaders.
