The city experienced its safest October in recent history as crime continued to drop for the year.
“The month of October [was] the safest October in the CompStat era,” Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday at NYPD Headquarters in Manhattan, referring to the Police Department’s computerized statistics-keeping tool, which the city began using in 1994.
“It is a really impressive feat that the NYPD keeps setting records and is resolute on the fact that we’re going to keep driving crime down,” Hizzoner said.
There were 2,967 fewer “index,” or major, crimes reported in the city as of Oct. 30, a 3.4 percent decrease compared with the same period in 2015, according to officials. The number of incidents dropped from 87,291 to 84,324.
There were 93 fewer shootings, for a 9.7 percent drop, with incidents decreasing from 963 to 870 so far this year compared with the same period in 2015.
There also were 17 fewer murders, from 303 to 286, or a 5.6 percent decline, NYPD data show.
Meanwhile, shootings crept up by three incidents, or 3.7 percent, and rape was up by 11 incidents, or 9.7 percents.
“Building on the momentum we’ve achieved so far in 2016, it is gratifying to see the members of the NYPD reach new crime reduction milestones,” said Police Commissioner James O’Neill.
Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce noted one troubling trend: an “uptick” of crimes against the elderly, although he didn’t provide percentages.
As The Post reported on Oct. 28, 300 senior citizens had been mugged so far this year.
Janice Harrison, 79, a resident of Rochdale Village in Queens, said she’s nervous about being out alone as an older city resident.
“I know the city is safe, but I don’t feel safe,” she said. “Mostly because I can’t run.”
Wendell Bowens, 53, added he felt as if things are getting worse.
“These kids have nothing to do,” he said. “They have no jobs or after-school programs to keep them busy . . . I still look behind me when I’m walking in the streets.”
But Lorina Nichols, 49, said she has never felt safer in her Bronx public-housing development.
“In my projects, the cops rounded up a whole bunch of drug dealers before the summer started,” the child-care provider said. “I have experienced one of the safest summers since 2008.
“This year, I was able to sit out in the courtyard, and the kids were able to play in the sprinkler with no drama . . . I feel safer.”