--- description: Part of an overall trend of decreasing crime title: New York City Goes Record-Setting 10 Days Without a Murder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New York City Goes Record-Setting 10 Days Without a Murder ## Video: 'Am I next?' Ferguson's Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager [Watch (HLS stream): 'Am I next?' Ferguson's Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fStAJZ1s.m3u8) (5:27)  _Published 2014-08-16. TIME followed a teenager as residents of Ferguson, Mo. turned out to protest peacefully on Aug. 16_ by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 9:02 PM CUT by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 9:02 PM CUT Crime in New York City has been declining for decades, but the U.S.’s most populous city has never gone this long without a homicide. According to the [_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/12/new-york-city-no-murders-10-days "undefined"), New York City—home to 8 million people—went 10 days without a murder as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, breaking a record set in 2013 when it experienced nine full days without a homicide. **MORE:** [These Are the Safest States in America](http://time.com/3679403/safest-states/ "undefined") New York City’s murder rate has steadily fallen for years. In 2014, the city [recorded 328 murders](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/nyregion/new-york-city-murders-fall-but-the-police-arent-celebrating.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytmetro&%5Fr=0&gwh=E9132AFC5BA34F782FEA9E3C0962FC0A&gwt=pay&assetType=nyt%5Fnow "undefined"), the lowest since the police department started systematically collecting those stats in 1963. The drops could in part be seasonal as violent crimes often trend downward in winter months. But the latest numbers show how dramatically crime has fallen in a city that was plagued with homicides throughout the 1970s and 1980s. According to [_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/us-usa-new-york-murder-idUSKBN0LG1UN20150212 "undefined"), homicides in New York City have dipped by 85% since 1990. \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/12/new-york-city-no-murders-10-days "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3707982/new-york-murder-rate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3707982/new-york-murder-rate/"},"headline":"New York City Goes Record-Setting 10 Days Without a Murder","datePublished":"2015-02-12T21:02:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:23:42.687Z","description":"Part of an overall trend of decreasing crime","url":"https://time.com/3707982/new-york-murder-rate/","keywords":["Crime","New York City"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josh Sanburn","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3707982/new-york-murder-rate/","name":"New York City Goes Record-Setting 10 Days Without a Murder"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'Am I next?' Ferguson's Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager","description":"TIME followed a teenager as residents of Ferguson, Mo. turned out to protest peacefully on Aug. 16","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fStAJZ1s/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-16T21:47:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fStAJZ1s.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3707982/new-york-murder-rate/","duration":"PT5M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3707982/new-york-murder-rate/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```