Public Safety & Justice Data retrieved 2026-07-16
Major felony complaints
The NYPD's count of the seven major felonies, year by year since 2000: murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, and the two grand larcenies.
121,652
major felony complaints in 2025
Down 34.1% from 2000, when the NYPD logged 184,652. The modern low was 2020, at 95,593; the count is 27.3% above it.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | Seven major felony offenses reported to the NYPD |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 184,652 |
| 2001 | 162,908 |
| 2002 | 154,809 |
| 2003 | 147,069 |
| 2004 | 142,093 |
| 2005 | 135,475 |
| 2006 | 128,682 |
| 2007 | 121,009 |
| 2008 | 117,956 |
| 2009 | 106,730 |
| 2010 | 105,115 |
| 2011 | 106,669 |
| 2012 | 111,147 |
| 2013 | 111,335 |
| 2014 | 106,722 |
| 2015 | 105,453 |
| 2016 | 101,716 |
| 2017 | 96,658 |
| 2018 | 95,883 |
| 2019 | 95,606 |
| 2020 | 95,593 |
| 2021 | 102,741 |
| 2022 | 126,589 |
| 2023 | 126,786 |
| 2024 | 123,890 |
| 2025 | 121,652 |
The key years
What this counts
Complaints of the seven major felony offenses recorded by the NYPD: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny of a motor vehicle. One complaint is one recorded crime, citywide, as published in the department's historical tables.
What it does not say
- These are complaints recorded by police, not arrests, convictions, or a measure of everything that happened. A crime nobody reports is not here.
- The NYPD's own file notes the record systems changed: 2000 through 2005 come from the older OCCB data, 2006 onward from the current system, so the early years are not perfectly comparable.
- Each year is a January snapshot that the department can restate; category definitions (rape among them) have shifted over the period.
The questions New Yorkers actually ask
Is crime in NYC higher or lower than in 2000?
Lower on this measure: 121,652 major felony complaints in 2025 against 184,652 in 2000, a drop of 34.1%. It is higher than the 2020 low of 95,593.
What counts as a major felony in NYPD statistics?
Seven offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny of a motor vehicle.
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