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.
This dataset has the following 15 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | county | text | Location where the crime was reported. | Westchester Orange Erie Suffolk Nassau view top 100 |
| Agency | agency | text | Police Department that reported the crime. | County Total New Rochelle City PD Cayuga Heights Vg PD Canton Vg PD Amherst Town PD view top 100 |
| Year | year | number | Year the crime incident was reported. | 1991 1994 1990 1995 1997 view top 100 |
| Months Reported | months_reported | number | Number of months an individual agency reported for the year. | 12 11 10 9 8 view top 100 |
| Index Total | total_index_crimes | number | Includes sum of Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Larceny and Motor Vehicle Theft. | 1 2 3 5 4 view top 100 |
| Violent Total | violent | number | Subtotal includes Murder, Rape, Robbery and Aggravated Assault. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Murder | murder | number | One count per victim. The willful killing of one human being by another. Excludes deaths caused by negligence, suicide, or justifiable homicides, and attempts to murder, which are classified as assault. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Rape | forcible_rape | number | One count per victim. Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Robbery | robbery | number | One count per victim. The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Aggravated Assault | aggravated_assault | number | One count per victim. The unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm, and also includes attempts to commit murder. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Property Total | property | number | Subtotal includes Burglary, Larceny and Motor Vehicle Theft. | 1 2 3 4 5 view top 100 |
| Burglary | burglary | number | One count per victim. The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. The use of force to gain entry is not required to classify an offense as Burglary. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Larceny | larceny | number | One count per victim. The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. It includes crimes such as shoplifting, purse snatching, bicycle thefts, etc., in which no use of force, violence, or fraud occurs. This offense category does not include offenses such as embezzlement, forgery, or bad checks. | 1 2 3 4 5 view top 100 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | motor_vehicle_theft | number | One count per victim. The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle, including automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, and snowmobiles. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Region | region | text | Region where the crime was reported. Regions include New York City (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond counties) and Non-New York City (all other counties). | Non-New York City New York City view top 100 |