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Felonious assault
Manage public safety programs related to criminal activity. — Reduce the incidence of crime.
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above. The dashed marker projects a full-year estimate at the current year-to-date pace.
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| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 25,034 cases |
| FY23 | 26,959 cases |
| FY24 | 28,850 cases |
| FY25 | 29,576 cases |
| FY26 (YTD) | 21,391 cases |
| FY26 (projected) | ~28,521 cases |
21,391 cases in FY26 — has no numeric target set by the City, and it has trended in the wrong direction over the past 3 years of reported data.
Why this is tracked
New York City created a professional, uniformed police department in 1845, following the model London had established with its Metropolitan Police in 1829, because the City's older system of volunteer night watchmen and constables was no longer adequate for a city growing as fast as New York was in the mid-19th century. Since then, managing programs to reduce and respond to criminal activity has remained the department's core public safety function, alongside the many other roles — traffic, counterterrorism, emergency response — it has taken on over nearly two centuries.
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Source: NYPD Office of Management Analysis and Planning — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: Number of incidents of felony assault corresponding to New York State Penal Law.