Sexual assault in Queens CD13 — Queens Village / Cambria Heights is the dominant signal in August 2025, a fresh spike that sits at the top of the rankings with no prior-month history as citywide lead. The same category also registered spikes in Bronx CD12 — Williamsbridge / Baychester and Queens CD8 — Hillcrest / Fresh Meadows, giving sexual assault an unusual presence across three geographically separate neighborhoods in a single briefing.
Citywide volume is down 3.8% against the prior 12 months — 272,978 incidents against 283,638 the year before. The signal mix is more active than a typical down month: 38 spikes against 35 below-trend signals and 55 sustained-shift signals across 59 neighborhoods. Aggravated assault also appeared in the top five, in both Queens CD6 — Forest Hills / Rego Park and Brooklyn CD2 — Brooklyn Heights / Fort Greene.
The sexual assault pattern across multiple neighborhoods is new as of this briefing — lead run length is 1 month — so there is no multi-month trend to confirm or contradict. The overall citywide decline holds, but the concentration of spikes in a single category across three districts makes August a month to carry forward into September's data before drawing structural conclusions.
Sustained drops worth naming
No sustained-shift signals this month — every category sits within its trailing-year range.
Public Analyst.ai, “August 2025 — New York,” archived snapshot.Permanent URL: /new-york/2025/august