The Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) collects crime reports from more than 500 New York State police and sheriffs' departments. DCJS compiles these reports as New York's official crime statistics and submits them to the FBI under the National Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. UCR uses standard offense definitions to count crime in localities across America regardless of variations in crime laws from state to state. In New York State, law enforcement agencies use the UCR system to report their monthly crime totals to DCJS. The UCR reporting system collects information on seven crimes classified as Index offenses which are most commonly used to gauge overall crime volume. These include the violent crimes of murder/non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; and the property crimes of burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. Police agencies may experience reporting problems that preclude accurate or complete reporting. The counts represent only crimes reported to the police but not total crimes that occurred. DCJS posts preliminary data in the spring and final data in the fall.

Dataset highlighting crimes reported to the Albany Police Department for the past year to date geocoded by Patrol Zone. It is the same data as Neighborhood

For purposes of crime statistics, the FBI Uniform Crime Report Hierarchy Rule requires when more than one offense occurs in an incident the highest priority crime is selected as the primary offense.

All crime data on openAlbany is preliminary data and subject to change. The information presented through openAlbany represents Part I victim based crime data. The data does not represent statistics submitted to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR); therefore any comparisons are strictly prohibited. For further clarification of UCR data, please visit http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr. Please note that this data is preliminary and subject to change. Prior month data is likely to show changes when it is refreshed on a monthly basis. All data is geocoded to the approximate latitude/longitude location of the incident and excludes those records for which an address could not be geocoded. Any attempt to match the approximate location of the incident to an exact address is strictly prohibited.

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

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Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Albany County, NY was 123.00000 Known Incidents in January of 2020, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Albany County, NY reached a record high of 195.00000 in January of 2009 and a record low of 116.00000 in January of 2005. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Albany County, NY - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Dataset highlighting arrests by Albany PD Officers for the past year to date GeoCoded by Patrol Zone. It is the same data as Arrests by Neighborhood

For purposes of crime statistics, the FBI Uniform Crime Report Hierarchy Rule requires when more than one offense occurs in an incident the highest priority crime is selected as the primary offense.

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.

Dataset highlighting arrests by Albany PD Officers for the past year to date GeoCoded by Patrol Zone. It is the same data as Arrests by Neighborhood

For purposes of crime statistics, the FBI Uniform Crime Report Hierarchy Rule requires when more than one offense occurs in an incident the highest priority crime is selected as the primary offense.