The New York Police Department defines an index crime as any one of the following crimes: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny (theft), and motor vehicle theft. The map below displays how many index crimes were recorded between 1990 and 2015 in New York counties.
Since 1991, the number of Index Crimes has decreased by almost 66%. This trend continues in 2016 as Police Commissioner James O'Neill confirmed that there were 2,322 fewer index crimes reported by the end of September than in 2015.
Scroll over a county to reveal how many recorded crimes took place in 2015
Breaking down the prison admissions from 2008 to 2012, males account for almost 94% of the admissions, while feamles account for only 6%.
Crimes associated with drugs have over double (46,653) the amount of recorded crimes as the next most popular crime, Robbery (22,796).
Beyond crimes involving drugs, other popular crimes included: assault, burglary, possession of a weapon, driving intoxicated or DWI, grand larcen, manslaughter/murder, rape and robbery. The chart below graphs out the frequency of these crimes as recorded by New York prison admissions from 2008 to 2012.
A look at the raw data used in the line chart and county map. Use the search bar and column headers to sort through the data.
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| Year | Population | Index Count | Index Rate | Violent Count | Violent Rate | Property Count | Property Rate | Firearm Count | Firearm Rate | County |
