NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for October 2022

 

Strategies to curb shootings, seize guns, patrol the subways, and clear cases remain strong

For the month of October 2022, the number of overall shooting incidents decreased in New York City compared with October 2021. Citywide shooting incidents decreased by 33.6% (85 v. 128), driven by significant declines in the Bronx, Brooklyn, northern Manhattan, and Queens. The decreases in gun violence across the city reflect the NYPD’s ongoing work to deploy officers to neighborhoods, public housing areas, and transit stations that need them most and to ensure that our steadfast focus remains on the victims of crime.

Additionally, the number of murders citywide decreased for the month of October by 32.6% (29 v. 43) compared to the same period last year.

With two months remaining in 2022, the tally of illegal firearms seized from New York City’s streets by our brave officers has reached more than 6,100 – with each seizure another opportunity to keep New Yorkers free from the violence wrought by guns. So far this year, 215 fewer people have suffered gunshots in the city, compared to the same period a year ago. The tireless work of the women and men of the NYPD has seen citywide gun arrests rise by 4.3% (3,978 v. 3,815) through October 2022, compared with the same period in 2021. The number of citywide gun arrests through the first 10 months of 2022 continues to stand at a 27-year high – as it did through the first three quarters of the year.

On enforcement, NYPD officers in October 2022 made 4,367 arrests for complaints of major felony crimes, a 16.5% increase over the 3,749 arrests for major felonies in the same month last year. Arrests for major felonies are up 25.8% (39,742 v. 31,582) so far in calendar 2022, compared with the first 10 months of 2021.

Overall index crime in New York City increased in October 2022, by 5.9% compared with October 2021 (10,930 v. 10,324) driven largely by a 19.3% increase in grand larceny auto (1,244 v. 1,043), a 9.6% increase in grand larceny (4,564 v. 4,163), and a 8.9% increase (1,388 v. 1,274) in burglary.

“Keeping New Yorkers safe is our mission – and the NYPD’s commitment to the public will never waver,” said Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell. “Our work to suppress violence, to maintain order on our streets and in our subway stations is intelligence-driven, flexible, and focused on prevention. Our officers are elevating their work every day – particularly in the subway system where the public is seeing our visible presence, extensive coverage in trains and platforms, and more engagement with riders and those who work in the system.”

Across all bureaus, the NYPD’s relentless focus on gun violence has driven a 14.7% (1,129 v. 1,323) reduction in shooting incidents year-to-date and a 13.9% decrease in murders (359 v. 417) year-to-date through the end of October. The NYPD’s Firearms Suppression Section continues to build strong cases by identifying firearms traffickers and concentrating on interdicting illegal guns before they hit the city’s streets, where a small number of people are willing to wield them to harm others.

The NYPD is working with its partners, including in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), to keep all of those who use the transit system – on more than 6,000 train cars running along more than 600 miles of mainline track through 472 stations – safe.

As part of the NYPD’s recent Transit Safety Awareness Campaign, Crime Prevention Officers are handing out informational fliers to riders to remind them of best practices for safety. Subway conductors are making live announcements as trains enter stations to alert riders when officers are on the platform and where NYPD Transit District facilities are located when applicable. Additional police officers have been deployed to patrol platforms and engage with riders and conductors about the conditions aboard their trains.

Whether underground or on the street level, the NYPD’s focus remains on driving down violence and addressing community concerns. So far this year, the NYPD Detective Bureau has cleared by arrest 64.3% of homicides that have occurred since January. In another 10% of murder cases, perpetrators are identified and actively being sought by detectives. Additionally, the NYPD’s clearance rate for shooting incidents has been rising in recent years, and so far this year is nearly 43 percent – with shooting suspects identified and currently being sought in an additional 18% of shooting incidents.

The NYPD works every day to gain increasing degrees of support and partnership from the community. This is at the core of a recently launched pilot program, Community CompStat– which innovates the Department’s CompStat model by featuring members of the community joining with officers from various patrol boroughs to identify and address local concerns. Set to launch in early 2023, these meetings will better connect the NYPD with the people they serve throughout New York City.

The NYPD will never stop fighting for New Yorkers, and will continue to fight crime while working in partnership with every community in New York City.

*All crime statistics are preliminary and subject to further analysis, revision, or change.*

Index Crime Statistics: October 2022

	October 2022	October 2021	+/-	%
Murder	29	43	-14	-32.6%
Rape	139	120	+19	+15.8%
Robbery	1478	1454	+24	+1.7%
Fel. Assault	2088	2227	-139	-6.2%
Burglary	1388	1274	+114	+8.9%
Grand Larceny	4564	4163	+401	+19.3%
Grand Larceny Auto	1244	1043	+201	+19.3%
TOTAL	10930	10324	+606	+5.9%

Additional Statistics For October 2022

	October 2022	October 2021	+/-	%
Transit	210	164	+46	+28.0%
Housing	449	501	-52	-10.4%
Citywide Shooting  Incidents	85	128	-43	-33.6%

Rape Incident Reporting Statistics: October 2022

(Reports filed from October 1 – October 31 in years indicated)

Year	Total  Incidents  Reported	Incident  Occurred  Same Year	Incident  Occurred  Previous  Year	Incident  Occurred  2 Years  Prior	Incident  Occurred  3 Years  Prior	Incident  Occurred  4 Years  Prior	Incident  Occurred  5+ Years  Prior
2022	140	115	11	1	1	3	9
2021	120	79	14	7	6	1	13
2020	127	102	3	3	3	3	13
2019	155	116	8	9	1	1	20
2018	165	130	6	6	4	3	16
2017	152	126	7	5	2	0	12

Rape continues to be underreported. If you are a victim of 

sexual assault, please come forward. The 24-hour NYPD 

Special Victims Division hotline is: 212-267-RAPE (7273).

Hate Crimes Statistics Summary for October 2022

(Representing October 1st – October 31st for calendar years 

2022 and 2021)

Motivation	2022	2021	Diff	% Change
Asian	5	6	-1	-17%
Black	1	2	-1	-50%
Disability	0	0	0	0%
Ethnic	3	0	+3	***
Gender	0	4	-4	-100%
Hispanic	5	2	+3	+150%
Jewish	20	18	+2	+11%
Muslim	0	1	-1	-100%
Religion	5	5	0	0%
Sexual Orientation	2	5	-3	-60%
White	2	5	-3	-60%
TOTAL	46	43	+3	+7%

Note: Statistics above are subject to change, as active 

possible bias cases may be reclassified to non-bias cases 

and removed from counted data upon investigation.

Attorney General James Announces Conviction of Former Nursing Home Employee for Raping a Resident Suffering from Dementia

 

Khadka Pradhan Raped an 81-Year-Old Resident While He Worked as Housekeeper at Shore Winds Nursing Home in Rochester

New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that Khadka Pradhan, 52, of Rochester was found guilty of raping and otherwise sexually assaulting an 81-year-old resident suffering from dementia at the Shore Winds Nursing Home in Rochester, where he worked as a housekeeper in September 2021. A Monroe County jury convicted Pradhan of all charges in the December 2021 indictment: Rape in the First Degree, Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, and Endangering the Welfare of an Incompetent or Physically Disabled Person in the First Degree, and lesser-included offenses. Pradhan has been remanded into custody until sentencing, scheduled for January 6, 2023. He faces up to 25 years in state prison.

“Khadka Pradhan hideously violated an elderly woman with dementia in her home, where her loved ones trusted she would be cared for and protected,” said Attorney General James. “Pradhan abused and took advantage of our most vulnerable, and today, the jury convicted him of these heinous and reprehensible crimes. My office will always ensure violent criminals are held accountable for threatening New Yorkers’ safety.”

Pradhan was tried in Monroe County Court in Rochester before Judge Caroline E. Morrison. Evidence presented at the trial proved that in the early morning hours of September 29, 2021, Pradhan entered the room of a vulnerable and mentally disabled resident at Shore Winds Nursing Home and raped her. Another employee at the facility entered the resident’s room and observed Pradhan engaged in the assault. Other employees detained Pradhan and attended to the resident until the Rochester Police Department (RPD) arrived on the scene. DNA evidence obtained by RPD and admitted into evidence during the trial connected Pradhan to the crime.

Attorney General James would like to thank RPD, the Monroe County District Attorney’s office, and the Monroe County Crime Laboratory for their valuable assistance in this investigation, and the New York State Department of Health for promptly referring this matter to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

Reporting Medicaid Provider Fraud: MFCU defends the public by addressing Medicaid provider fraud and protecting nursing home residents from abuse and neglect. If an individual believes they have information about Medicaid provider fraud or about an incident of abuse or neglect of a nursing home resident, they can file a confidential complaint online on the OAG website or by calling the MFCU hotline at (800) 771-7755. If the situation is an emergency, they should call 911.

MFCU’s total funding for federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 is $65,717,936. Of that total, 75 percent, or $49,288,452, is awarded under a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $16,429,484 for FY 2023, is funded by New York state. Through MFCU’s recoveries in law enforcement actions, it regularly returns more to the state than it receives in state funding.