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United States · New York CityRobberies fell as recorded rape rose
The NYPD counted 1,631 fewer robberies in 2025 than in 2024. Reported rape rose about 16 percent, and felony assault was roughly flat.
Timeline
- September 2024: New York State broadens its definition of rape.
- 2024–2025: Police-recorded robbery falls from 16,696 to 15,065.
- January 2026: NYPD publishes the 2025 year-end comparison.
What the records show
The annual robbery figures cover the city as a whole. They capture offences involving force or threat across settings, so they cannot isolate attacks on streets or quantify stores hit during a crowd disturbance.
Robbery · 202416,696
Robbery · 202515,065
Counts on a shared scale starting at zero. Source data
How to read the evidence
New York State broadened its legal definition of rape in September 2024. The NYPD identifies the change as one factor behind the recorded rise. The year-to-year comparison therefore spans different legal coverage and cannot identify how much underlying victimisation changed.