Crime continued to fall across the five boroughs during April, the NYPD reported Monday. The overall 4.9% decrease in major felonies around the five boroughs — nearly 500 fewer major crimes from the April 2023 total — also included a 23% reduction in transit crime, according to the NYPD’s statistics. Murders fell in April by 30.3%, with 23 slayings reported last month — 10 fewer than the total reported in April 2023. Another violent crime, felony assaults, also fell during the month by 1.9%. Click here to read more on AMNY.com.
