Chair Salaam: 2025 hate crime trends show 20% citywide reduction
Chair Salaam reports that NYC recorded a 20% citywide reduction in hate crime complaints in 2025, with decreases across all four major bias categories: religion, race/ethnicity, gender/sexual orientation, and age. He attributes progress to sustained investments in prevention and community outreach.
At our last hearing, we examined some very concerning multi-year trends of increasing hate crime and bias.
Yet in 2025, we also saw some encouraging trends.
Last year, New York City recorded a 20% citywide reduction in hate crime complaints across the board compared to the prior year.
This includes decreases across all four major categories of bias, religion, race and ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, and of course, age.
Much of this progress reflects sustained investments in prevention, in youth leadership, in community outreach, and in coordinated citywide action.
We are here to learn more about this work and how it can be supported and expanded in the coming years.