The NYPD gun seizures campaign has taken more than 3,000 firearms off New York City streets this year, police said Tuesday, as shootings across the five boroughs continue to fall to historic lows. The department said the pace of removals is part of a broader public safety push that has helped drive down gun violence in the city.
Police said the total since January stands at 3,259 guns, including 199 untraceable ghost guns. Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the results reflect what she called the department’s precision-policing strategy, which places officers where they are needed most, focuses on the sources of violence, and removes guns from circulation. She also thanked NYPD officers and law enforcement partners, including the Gun Violence Strategies Partnership, for helping build cases and hold criminals accountable.
The largest share of the seizures came in Brooklyn, where police recovered 915 guns. The Bronx followed with 782, and Manhattan with 764. Queens accounted for 605, while Staten Island saw 193, according to the department. Officials tied those numbers to an enforcement plan aimed at the neighborhoods and patterns most associated with shootings and other violent crime.
The NYPD gun seizures effort comes after the department said last week that murders, shootings and gunshot victims reached all-time lows through the first seven months of the year. Tisch said the city also recorded the fewest murders in its history over the first six months of the year. Through the end of July, police counted 381 shootings, beating the prior record of 412 for the same period last year.
Shooting victims also fell to a new low, with 462 this year compared with 489 during the same stretch last year. Murders reached 149 through the end of July, which the department said was another record. The commissioner also pointed to a 9.5% drop in major crimes during the first four months of 2026, along with nearly a 25% decline in major crime since the Summer Violence Reduction Plan began on May 4 and continued through Aug. 10.
