Data
Issue
Crime: Looking Back at 2025, and Ahead to 2026
What happened in New York City and nationally, and what may and should happen next?
Recent Highlights
Historic Declines, Contested Borders
Aaron Chalfin
Public safety and immigration enforcement in focus
The State of Crime in New York City: 2025 and Beyond
Vital City
What happened in 2025 and what it bodes for 2026
The Top Five Crime and Justice Stories of 2025
Adam Gelb and Alex R. Piquero
What shaped perception and realities of crime in America
The NYPD’s Crime-Reduction Strategy: Chief of Department Michael LiPetri in Conversation
Vital City
Gun violence is way down; assaults and other forms of violence are not. What’s next?
Trump’s Unconstitutional Coercion
Erwin Chemerinsky
The president cannot constitutionally threaten to withhold funds from so-called sanctuary cities.
CompStat, Meet SafeStat
Gloria Gong
As he works to build a Department of Community Safety, Mayor Mamdani should pioneer a new way to measure not just crime, but broader public safety.
Journal Issues
Issue 6
On Drugs
How substance use shapes the city
Special Online Issue
Crime: What Happened in 2023, and What 2024 May Bring
Breaking down New York City’s — and America’s — trends in violence and victimization
Special Online Issue
How Many People Should New York City’s Jails Hold?
Everything about Rikers Island and what replaces it depends on the answer
Issue 7
Does Evidence Matter?
Research meets the real world
Special Online Issue
Congestion Pricing*
*The long-anticipated change to Manhattan’s streets now at the mercy of politics
Issue 8
Is the Urban Doom Loop for Real?
The death and life of great American cities (again)
Issue 9
The Subway
Building better transit
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Inside Rikers
Jails can be safer and more humane
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
The Case Against Eric Adams & Co.
Considering the fix the mayor (and the city) are in, from many angles
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Crime: Looking Back at 2024, and Ahead to 2025
Breaking down New York City’s, and the nation’s, trends in violence and disorder
Issue 10
Big-City Corruption
Why does it persist? And does anyone know how to solve it?
Issue 11
Nonprofits and the City
Do nonprofits have too much power — or not enough?
Issue 12
What Makes Cities Tick
Vital City at Three
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Trump: 100 Days and Beyond
What impact is the administration having on cities and the people who live in them?
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Zohran and Andrew and Eric, Oh My!
The race for City Hall heats up.
Issue 13
400 Million Guns (or More)
The supply side of America's gun problem
Issue 14
Housing, Housing, Housing
How New York City can produce and preserve many more homes
Issue 15
Mamdani, the Morning After
What New York’s new mayor should do now
SPECIAL ONLINE PACKAGE
What To Do (and Not To Do)
Actionable policy solutions for improving New York City
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Crime: Looking Back at 2025, and Ahead to 2026
What happened in New York City and nationally, and what may and should happen next?
More to Explore
What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety
Vital City policy recommendations to fix an urgent set of problems
The State of Crime in New York City at Midyear 2025
Progress in reducing some offenses, but a long way to go
Reality Check: How Safe are Manhattan (and Brooklyn)?
Alvin Bragg and Eric Gonzalez are on the ballot. How are the boroughs doing on crime and prosecutions?