For the month of February 2021, there were 400 gun arrests, according to the latest NYPD statistics. This is an increase of 63.9 percent compared to February 2020, or 156 more arrests. The majority of these arrests were in the Bronx (117) and Brooklyn (94).
According to police, the NYPD is shifting its officers to areas that experience an uptick in violence as part of an ongoing analysis of emerging crime trends. Additionally, precision policing allows investigators to pay close attention to individuals who are the persistent offenders. Even though we experienced some real challenges in 2020, particularly with gun violence, in fact, if you look at all of the numbers, overall crime decreased in 2020 and the fact is that the responses that are being made right now are working more and more, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.