G: Here’s what I found on shooting rates in New York City, both in the 1990s and today—framed as the average number of shootings per day:

1990s: How Many Shootings Per Day?

According to NYPD data at the start of the CompStat era (1993), there were 3,114 shooting incidents citywide that year citeturn0news21.

Per-day average (1993):
( \frac{3,114}{365} \approx 8.5 ) shootings per day.

By comparison, here's how that fits into the broader 1990s trend:

In 1990, murders peaked at 2,245—though shootings weren’t separately tallied publicly then citeturn0search1turn0search1turn0search1.
The shooting data from 1993 provides our earliest reliable baseline for citywide daily shooting rate.

2025 (Today): Shootings Per Day

First 5 months (Jan–May 2025)

Total shootings: 264
→ Per-day average: ( \frac{264}{151 \text{ days}} \approx 1.75 ) shootings/day citeturn0search2.

First 7 months (Jan–Jul 2025)

Total shootings: 412
→ Per-day average: ( \frac{412}{212 \text{ days}} \approx 1.94 ) shootings/day citeturn0news21.

These represent historic lows:

January–May 2025 saw the lowest number of shootings ever recorded for that span, beating the prior low of 267 in 2018 citeturn0search2.
For the first seven months of any year since data tracking began, the number of shootings in 2025 is the lowest on record—down from 3,114 in 1993 citeturn0news21.

Summary at a Glance

Period	Total Shootings	Est. Days	Approx. Shootings/Day
1993 (baseline)	3,114	365	≈ 8.5
Jan–May 2025	264	151	≈ 1.75
Jan–Jul 2025	412	212	≈ 1.94

Key Insights

1990s: New York City saw roughly 8–9 shootings per day at the onset of the CompStat era (1993).
Today (2025): Shootings have dropped dramatically to about 1.8–1.9 per day, marking record lows in city history.

This reflects a massive decline in shootings, paralleling long-term reductions in serious violent crime in the city.

Let me know if you'd like the same calculation for other years (like 1990 or 2000), or want to compare with data from other cities or crime categories!

G: I wasn’t able to find a reliable, citywide figure specifically reporting how many shooting incidents occurred in New York City in 2005—data sources like the NYPD's shooting incident dataset only begin in 2006 citeturn0search7. However, we do have data on homicides, which often correlate with broader trends in violent gun incidents.

Homicides in NYC — 2005

According to comprehensive crime data, New York City recorded 539 murders in 2005 citeturn0search8turn1search11.

Average per day:
( \dfrac{539}{365} \approx 1.48 ) murders per day.

Estimated Shootings per Day — 2005

Without the exact shooting incident numbers, we can only approximate:

In 1993, shootings were around 8.5 per day.
By 2025, shootings are down to about 1.8–1.9 per day.

Assuming shootings tracked somewhat similar to murders—meaning there were more shootings than murders but both trending downward—it's reasonable to estimate that in 2005, shootings likely averaged somewhere between 2 and 5 per day. This reflects the ongoing decline in violent firearm events from the higher rates seen in the early 1990s.

Summary Table

Year	Known Data	Approx. Shootings per Day*
1993	~3,114 shootings	~8.5
2005	539 murders	~2–5 (estimated)
2025	~1.8–1.9 shootings	~1.8–1.9

*Note: 2005 shooting estimates are speculative, based on trends and available murder data.

Final Take

Exact shooting data for 2005 is not readily available, as NYC’s open dataset starts in 2006.
Based on homicide counts and historical context, shootings in 2005 were almost certainly below the early 1990s levels (~8 per day), but still likely higher than today’s ~1.9 per day.
A reasonable estimate: 2 to 5 shootings per day in NYC during 2005.

If you’d like, we could explore archived NYPD CompStat reports or news summaries from that year for more insight—though a daily average might still remain an estimate. Just let me know!

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G: I wasn't able to locate a publicly cited total count of shooting incidents in New York City for 2006, so I can’t compute an exact average per day for that year. Official citywide shooting data begins in 2006—but while the dataset is openly available, it's not accompanied by a pre-packaged annual summary accessible via standard web search. The NYPD’s “Shooting Incident Data (Historic)” includes entries from 2006 onward, but would require manual extraction or calculation to derive the 2006 total citeturn1search0turn1search1.

However, there are available numbers for murders in 2006:

New York City recorded 596 murders in 2006 citeturn0search20turn1search12.
That equates to an average of about 1.63 murders per day ((\frac{596}{365} \approx 1.63)).

While not ideal, if we assume shooting incidents occurred more frequently than murders—as typically is the case—we can still provide a broad estimated range:

Estimated Shooting Incidents per Day in 2006

Murders: ~1.63 per day.
1990s baseline (1993): ~8.5 shootings per day.
2025 baseline: ~1.8–1.9 shootings per day.

Given that 2006 falls well within the declining period of violence from the early 1990s, but before the lowest lows of the 2010s–2020s, a reasonable estimate would be somewhere between those two benchmarks. A plausible range might be 3 to 6 shootings per day, reflecting ongoing but diminishing firearm violence through the mid-2000s.

Summary Table

Year	Known Data	Shootings per Day Estimate
1993	~3,114 shootings	~8.5
2006	596 murders	~3–6 (estimated)
2025	~1.8–1.9 shootings	~1.8–1.9

Takeaway

Exact shooting totals for 2006 are not readily reported online and would require accessing and analyzing the historic dataset directly.
Murder data is available, showing 596 homicides in 2006, or ~1.63 per day.
Based on trends, a reasonable estimate for shootings per day in 2006 would be around 3 to 6, though this remains speculative.

Would you like help finding the raw dataset so we can calculate the precise figure together? Or would you prefer exploring another year or city for comparison?

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G: Got it—assuming you mean Washington, D.C. (not Washington State). Here are the best official figures I can find for “shootings” (people shot), converted to shootings per day.

“Today” (recent years)

2022: ~2.09 shootings/day
• 587 non-fatal shooting incidents in 2022 (official CJCC/NICJR analysis). citeturn9view3
• 203 homicides in 2022, **~86% with a gun** ⇒ ~175 fatal shootings. citeturn4view0
• Total shootings ≈ 587 + 175 = 762 ⇒ 762/365 ≈ 2.09/day.
2020 (for another recent anchor): ~1.89 shootings/day
• 522 non-fatal shootings in 2020 (CJCC/NICJR). citeturn3view0
• 198 homicides in 2020, **~86% with a gun** ⇒ ~170 fatal shootings. citeturn4view0
• Total ≈ 522 + 170 = 692 ⇒ 692/366 ≈ 1.89/day.

Earlier comparison (closest solid official series)

2016–2018: ~1.37 shootings/day (about 500 victims of shootings per year; MPD notes “all of the 500-plus shootings” involved guns, and “approximately 500 victims of shootings annually from 2016 through 2018”).
⇒ 500/365 ≈ 1.37/day. citeturn14view0

Notes on methods & limits

DC’s most consistent official counts of non-fatal shootings are recent (CJCC/NICJR). For the mid-2010s, MPD’s annual report gives a citywide “victims of shootings” figure (~500/year), which is the best official baseline prior to 2020. citeturn14view0
Where needed, I added gun homicides to non-fatal shootings to estimate total people shot, which matches how “shooting incidents” are usually tallied in NYC stats (victim struck). citeturn9view3turn3view0turn4view0

If by “Washington” you meant the state, say the word and I’ll run the same calculation for WA.