Index Crime counts and rates for Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York. Includes violent and property crimes from 2013–2022.

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.

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. ***** This filtered view contains all IMPACT counties. Operation IMPACT provides funding for crime analysis and increase patrols in high crime areas. Operation IMPACT provides extra funding to 17 Upstate counties and on Long Island which account for approximately 80% of reported crime outside the five boroughs. *****

Context

The NYPD Arrests Dataset (2023) consists of arrest records from the New York City Police Department for 2023. The data was sourced from NYC Public Data.

Content

Each record in the dataset includes the following fields:

• ARREST_KEY: Randomly generated persistent ID for each arrest.
• ARREST_DATE: Exact date of arrest for the reported event.
• PD_CD: Three-digit internal classification code (more granular than Key Code).
• PD_DESC: Description of the internal classification corresponding with the PD code.
• KY_CD: Three-digit internal classification code (more general category than PD code).
• OFNS_DESC: Description of internal classification corresponding with KY code (more general category than PD description).
• LAW_CODE: Law code charges corresponding to the NYS Penal Law, VTL, and other various local laws.
• LAW_CAT_CD: Level of offense: felony, misdemeanor, violation.
• ARREST_BORO: Borough of arrest. B(Bronx), S(Staten Island), K(Brooklyn), M(Manhattan), Q(Queens).
• ARREST_PRECINCT: Precinct where the arrest occurred.
• JURISDICTION_CODE: Jurisdiction responsible for arrest. Jurisdiction codes 0(Patrol), 1(Transit), and 2(Housing) represent NYPD, while codes 3 and above represent non-NYPD jurisdictions.
• AGE_GROUP: Perpetrator’s age within a category.
• PERP_SEX: Perpetrator’s sex description.
• PERP_RACE: Perpetrator’s race description.
• X_COORD_CD: Midblock X-coordinate for New York State Plane Coordinate System, Long Island Zone, NAD 83, units feet (FIPS 3104).
• Y_COORD_CD: Midblock Y-coordinate for New York State Plane Coordinate System, Long Island Zone, NAD 83, units feet (FIPS 3104).
• Latitude: Latitude coordinate for Global Coordinate System, WGS 1984, decimal degrees (EPSG 4326).
• Longitude: Longitude coordinate for Global Coordinate System, WGS 1984, decimal degrees (EPSG 4326).

Inspiration

The dataset can be used for a variety of research and analysis purposes, such as: - Crime Pattern Analysis: Investigate trends and patterns in criminal activity across different boroughs and precincts of New York City. - Law Enforcement Strategies: Examine the effectiveness of law enforcement strategies and policies based on arrest data. - Demographic Studies: Analyze the relationship between demographic factors (such as age, sex, and race of perpetrators) and arrest rates. - Geospatial Analysis: Utilize the geographic coordinates to map crime incidents and identify hotspots within the city.
- Crime Hotspot Prediction: Develop a machine learning model to predict crime hotspots.