NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for November 2022

 

Overall index crime, shootings decline in November; safety campaign reduces transit index crime

Overall index crime in New York City decreased in November 2022 by 1.2% compared with November 2021 (10,196 v. 10,323). Three of the seven major index-crime categories saw decreases, driven by a 14.1% decrease in rape (110 v. 128), a 6.0% decrease in burglary (1,231 v. 1,310), and a 5.5% decrease in grand larceny (4,187 v. 4,430).

For the month of November 2022, the number of overall shooting incidents again decreased in New York City compared with November 2021, reflecting the NYPD’s continued focus on combatting gun violence. Citywide shooting incidents decreased by 32.8% (80 v. 119) for the month – adding to the 16.2% (1209 v. 1442) decrease achieved year-to-date – driven by significant reductions in northern Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Furthermore, citywide murders year-to-date decreased by 11.1% (393 v. 442) as of November’s end compared to 2021.

As the NYPD works to reduce shootings in every New York City neighborhood, its attention remains on preventing people from ever becoming victims of gun violence. The proliferation of illegal guns on the city’s streets is an ongoing challenge, but the department’s strategies to fight this scourge continue to take hold. Gun arrests citywide are at a 27-year high, and increased another 3.9% (4319 v. 4155) year-to-date, with significant increases in Queens and the Bronx. These arrests have resulted in 6,638 guns seized citywide so far in 2022. These seizures include 356 ghost guns, which is a 76% increase compared with the 202 ghost guns seized by the department in the same period of 2021. Most importantly, this work has led to a 34.3% (92 v. 140) reduction of shooting victims across the city for the month of November 2022 compared to the same period last year. Year-to-date, shooting victims have declined by 15.2% (1465 v.1728), which means 263 fewer people have been victims of gun violence this year than last – representing lives saved, families kept intact, and safer neighborhoods for all.

Additionally, NYPD officers in November 2022 made 4,013 arrests for complaints of major felony crimes, a 19.0% increase over the 3,371 arrests for major felonies in the same month last year. Arrests for major felonies are up more than 25% (43,764 v. 34,953) so far in calendar 2022, compared with the first 11 months of 2021.

“Every day, the NYPD’s singular focus is the safety and wellbeing of every resident, commuter, and visitor in our great city,” said Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell. “As we near the end of this year, our department is seeing substantial, tangible progress toward our public-safety goals – and that is because of the dedicated work of our exceptional officers and civilian members. The women and men of the NYPD have continued to reduce shootings, take illegal guns off our streets, increase arrests to bring justice for crime victims, and improve police-community relationships in every New York City neighborhood. Their work has yielded positive results, with major crime down in the month of November 2022 compared to the same period last year. Additionally, as we enter the second full month of our Transit Safety Awareness Campaign, major crime in our transit system has begun to decline – a strong indication that our officers and strategies are making a real difference in the everyday lives of New Yorkers. We will continue these collective efforts, always working toward one objective: the safety of all the people we serve.”

The subway system is the lifeblood of New York City – and the NYPD is committed to keeping it, and the millions of people who use it every day, safe. In late October 2022, the NYPD and MTA partnered to further enhance the Subway Safety Plan. The plan has surged more officers and resources into the transit system creating a visible presence on platforms and train cars and has involved train conductors, station attendants, and uniformed NYPD officers working together to communicate with, assist, and serve riders throughout the transit system. Just over a month later, this focus on crime awareness and prevention has led to a 12.8% (205 v. 235) reduction in major crime in transit stations and on trains for the month of November compared to the same period last year.

Above ground, the department is continuing to focus on the nexus of gang/crew violence, illegal guns, and illicit drugs. In mid-November 2022, in collaboration with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, the NYPD conducted a gang takedown in the confines of the 73rd Precinct that resulted in the indictments of 32 alleged members of two rival street gangs. Charges included murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, weapons possession, and others. These indictments were related to 17 shootings (among 24 gun-related crimes) that resulted in 15 victims, including two deaths. These victims included four innocent bystanders, among them a 3-year-old girl and a 62-year-old man. In addition, 27 firearms were seized during this long-term investigation. Investigations like this one – and the dedicated investigators who work on them – are a major component of ridding New York City neighborhoods of fear, disorder, and violence.

Moreover, working closely with our many public and private partners, the NYPD is doing its part to ensure that everyone has access to the mental health and wellness services they require. The department is dedicated to improving the quality of life of all New Yorkers, especially the city’s most vulnerable populations. This is a longstanding and very complex issue that has the full support and attention of the NYPD.

As we celebrate the holiday season in the nation’s most populous city, the NYPD is rolling out its Holiday Safety Initiative. This plan includes increased police presence and patrols specifically tailored for diverse places of worship, retail centers, tourist attractions, and other holiday gathering locations. Concurrently, the NYPD is continuing to crack down on pickpockets in high-traffic areas, raise awareness of gift card and other related scams, combat retail theft, and safeguard the city’s pedestrian plazas and roadways. These proactive efforts are focused on crime prevention, and align with the NYPD’s top public-safety priority: making sure people never become victims in the first place. The department, together with the community it serves, is working tirelessly to provide everyone a safe and secure holiday season.

The NYPD will never stop fighting for New Yorkers, and will always work to keep the criminal justice system’s focus where it belongs: on those it serves.

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

Index Crime Statistics: November 2022

	November 2022	November 2021	+/-	%
Murder	30	25	+5	+20.0%
Rape	110	128	-18	-14.1%
Robbery	1491	1439	+52	+3.6%
Fel. Assault	2016	1957	+59	+3.0%
Burglary	1231	1310	-79	-6.0%
Grand Larceny	4187	4430	-243	-5.5%
Grand Larceny Auto	1131	1034	+97	+9.4%
TOTAL	10196	10323	-127	-1.2%

Additional Statistics For November 2022

	November 2022	November 2021	+/-	%
Transit	205	235	-30	-12.8%
Housing	478	480	-2	-0.4%
Citywide Shooting  Incidents	80	119	-39	-32.8%

Rape Incident Reporting Statistics: 

November 2022

(Reports filed from November 1 – 

November 30 in years indicated)

Year	Total Incide nts Report ed	Incid ent Occu rred Same Year	Incid ent Occu rred Prev ious Year	Incid ent Occu rred 2 Years Prior	Incid ent Occu rred 3 Years Prior	Incid ent Occu rred 4 Years Prior
2022	110	85	12	0	4	2
2021	128	105	7	3	0	1
2020	123	89	7	6	3	4
2019	119	97	6	4	3	1
2018	125	106	4	3	1	1
2017	125	106	4	3	1	1

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 November 2022

(Representing November 1st – November 30th years indicated)

Motivation	2022	2021	Diff	% Change
Asian	5	9	-4	-44%
Black	6	1	+5	+500%
Disability	0	0	0	0%
Ethnic	1	0	+1	***
Gender	4	2	+2	+100%
Hispanic	2	0	+2	***
Jewish	45	20	+25	+125%
Muslim	0	2	-2	-100%
Religion	1	0	+1	***
Sexual Orientation	9	7	+2	+29%
White	1	2	-1	-33%
TOTAL	75	44	+31	+70%

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.

Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams on Council Member Ari Kagan Changing to Republican Party Affiliation to Join Minority Conference

 

“Voters sent Council Member Kagan to the Council as a member of the majority conference and this drastic about-face seriously calls into question his commitment to the policy priorities of our conference that will impact his committee roles, particularly his chairmanship given the fact that he is joining a party that denies climate change. New Yorkers have expectations for their representatives to carry the values that they were elected to prioritize over politics. Our Democratic Conference will continue to consistently place the public interest of our city over politics without Council Member Kagan.”

Opioid Abuse Treatment Facility to Pay $3.15 Million for Kickback Violations, Obstructing Federal Audit, and False Claims Submitted to Government Insurance Programs

 

 An opioid abuse treatment facility in Camden will pay a total of $3.15 million to resolve criminal and civil claims that it caused kickbacks, obstructed a federal audit, and fraudulently billed Medicaid, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today. 

Camden Treatment Associates LLC (CTA) agreed to pay $1.5 million in criminal penalties to resolve allegations that it violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and obstructed a Medicaid audit. As part of the resolution, a criminal information was filed on December 2, 2022 in Camden federal court charging CTA with this conduct. CTA entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) that requires it to abide by certain measures to avoid conviction.  CTA also entered into a civil settlement agreement to pay $1.65 million to the United States to resolve claims that it violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicaid. 

Criminal Resolution

According to CTA’s admissions in the DPA:

Between 2009 and 2015, CTA and a second company were owned and managed by related parties. CTA had a kickback relationship with the second company in which CTA ordered all of its methadone mixing services from the second company and paid it more than $172,800 for those services. This arrangement resulted in kickbacks being paid because the second company paid the profits it made on CTA’s orders of methadone mixing to the related parties who owned and managed both companies. As a result, CTA was induced to order more services from the second company and to have CTA patients receive treatment using methadone mixed only by that company. CTA received more than $2.78 million from Medicaid for methadone administration services. 

In a separate criminal scheme, CTA obstructed a Medicaid contractor’s 2016 audit of CTA’s claims for payment. CTA submitted falsified materials to the auditor purporting to justify its claims to Medicaid. Specifically, CTA added patient and counselor signatures to patient files, altered names of counselors listed as providing services, added credentials for staff listed as performing services, added sign-off dates for services and, in some instances, submitted entire patient notes to files to justify services rendered. Metadata from CTA’s electronic patient software program revealed that CTA employed these fraudulent means. 

Civil Resolution

The settlement resolves the civil allegations that CTA submitted false claims to Medicaid stemming from the kickback relationship with the methadone mixing company described above. The settlement further resolves allegations that between 2013 and 2016, CTA failed to comply with certain federal and state regulations governing substance abuse treatment facilities.  Specifically, CTA allegedly failed to maintain proper supervision and staffing at its facility. Instead, CTA typically used non-credentialed “counselor interns” to perform services at the facility and did not have sufficient licensed staff to properly supervise the interns. Consequently, CTA’s claims submitted to Medicaid for payment, which were contingent on CTA’s certified compliance with these regulations, were false.”

The claims settled by this agreement are allegations only, and there has been no determination of liability.

Compliance Obligations

As part of the DPA, CTA is required to adopt several compliance measures, including:

• have an effective compliance program, including enhanced compliance policies and annual compliance training regarding federal health care laws;

• retain an independent health care compliance consulting firm specializing in substance abuse disorder facilities to conduct a comprehensive review of its compliance program and to make improvement recommendations;

• create an independent board of advisors to oversee company compliance relating to federal health care laws;

• have a chief compliance officer to oversee compliance-related functions at the company;

• annually certify that its compliance program is effective; and

• provide written reports to the United States every six months over a three-year period detailing its progress in developing and enhancing its compliance program.

Attorney for the United States Khanna credited agents of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Susan Frisco, with the investigation and prosecution of the case. He also thanked the FBI Health Care Fraud Unit Data Analysis Response Team at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Special Agent Greg Heeb; IRS-Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Tammy Tomlins in Newark; and the FBI’s South Jersey Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jacqueline Maguire in Philadelphia, for their assistance with the case. 

 

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