Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Raymond W. Kelly
Police Commissioner
Introduction
This report presents statistics on race/ethnicity compiled from the New York City
Police Departments records management system. Crime Complaint Reports contain
information on the crime victims race and ethnicity as recorded by the officers or
precinct clerical staff interviewing the victim or complainant. The victims description of
any non-arrested suspects will also be recorded on the crime complaint report. Arrests
made by the responding officers will be recorded on an arrest report associated with the
crime complaint report and used to initiate the booking system. Once the information has
been entered and signed off by a supervisor it is stored in the Departments Enterprise
Data Warehouse. The data for this report were drawn from the Data Warehouse.
Additional information was drawn from a separate Homicide and Shooting Database that
collects additional statistical information for Murder and Shooting incidents.
The crime complaint and arrest data contained in this report represent crimes
occurring from January 1, 2013 thru June 30, 2013 for the general crime complaint and
arrest data (compiled on September 16, 2013). The Murder and Shooting tables and
charts are also based on incidents that occurred through June 30, 2013 as are the statistics
presented for Firearm arrests (compiled on September 16, 2013).
Stop Question and Frisk data and Violent Crime Suspect information are taken
from the New York City Police Departments Stop, Question and Frisk Database which is
also the source of the quarterly report on Stop Question and Frisk Activity supplied to the
New York City Council for first 2 quarters 2013.
Narcotics allegations, calls from the public to 911 and other hot lines reporting
suspected drug sales and use, are from the Department's NITRO system as of 10/10/2013.
Statistical Considerations
Commercial victimizations are generally noted on crime complaint reports and are
excluded from the statistics dealing with specific categories of crime. However it is
likely that a small number of commercial victimizations may be inadvertently included in
the victim data when a report is not properly classified as a commercial victimization.
Those cases would generally present the race/ethnicity of employees as the crime victims.
Both crime complaint reports and arrest reports are classified according to the
most serious crime recorded or charge lodged. Arrest statistics represent arrests made by
all Police agencies operating within the confines of New York City and arresting and
charging individuals with crime under New York State laws. The arrest statistics
presented here do not include arrests made by federal agencies.
Crime complaint statistics used in these tables and charts are from crimes
occurring during first 6 months 2013 and Arrest statistics presented represent arrests
made during first 6 months 2013. Crime complaint reports that were recorded during
first 6 months 2013 but report an incident occurring in prior years are excluded from
these statistics. Arrest reports included in these statistics do include arrests made during
first 6 months 2013 for incidents that may have occurred in prior years.
Black Hispanic and White Hispanic categories have been combined into a single
Hispanic category for the statistical tables and charts presented in this report. The
categories of Black and White used in tables and charts through out this report therefore
represent Black Non-Hispanic and White Non-Hispanic. The labels Black and White are
used for the sake of brevity and simplicity of presentation in the various tables and charts.
The New York City Police Departments Crime Reporting System uses a two
tiered crime classification system. The broadest level of categorization is used to present
the statistics in this report. Specific broad Crime categories however may contain only
some subcategories for which suspect descriptions are typically available (e.g. a Larceny
from the person will normally provide some suspect descriptive information while a
larceny from a business office without a witness will not). For certain broad crime
categories the number of crime complaints that contain suspect descriptions with race/
ethnicity information will therefore only be a portion of the total complaints recorded.
The tables included in the report contain overall statistics that explain the
available victim and suspect information for each broad crime category. The victim
count for the period for the example table below, Misdemeanor Criminal Mischief is
18,265. Of these victims 10,888 had information on the race/ethnicity of a noncommercial victim. Within this crime complaint population suspect information was
available for 5,518 suspects and the race/ethnicity of 2,719 of those suspects was
available. During first 6 months 2013 4,352 misdemeanor criminal mischief arrests were
made and 4,308 of these records contained race/ethnicity information.
Suspect
0.8%
8.3%
37.0%
27.8%
26.1%
18265
10888
59.6%
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Victims/Suspects/Arrests
Known Race/Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
ii
0.3%
3.0%
50.6%
15.9%
30.2%
5518
2719
49.3%
Arrestee
0.1%
4.3%
35.0%
22.6%
38.0%
4352
4308
99.0%
iii
The Arrest statistics dealing with firearm arrests are a special compilation
focusing on arrests that remove one or more firearms from the street. The arrests so
identified are arrests that include selected Felony Dangerous Weapons charges, indicate
by specific report entries the presence of a firearm and finally that a firearm was
vouchered as a result of the arrest. A firearm arrest will be counted if these conditions
are met by an arrest containing other charges, some of which may be for serious violent
felonies. The Firearm Arrest statistics therefore include arrests for other violent crimes
that are also included in other tables within this report.
iv
Table of Contents
Felony Crimes
Murder and Non Negligent Manslaughter
Rape
Other Felony Sex Crimes
Robbery
Felonious Assault
Grand Larceny
1
2
3
4
5
6
Misdemeanor Crimes
Misdemeanor Sex Crimes
Misdemeanor Assault and Related Offenses
Petit Larceny
Misdemeanor Criminal Mischief
7
8
9
10
Special Populations
Shootings
Firearm Arrests
Proactive Offenses, Drugs & Drug Allegations
Proactive Offenses, Possession of Stolen Property
Violent Crime Suspects and Stop Question and Frisk Subjects
Felony & Misdemeanor Complaints with Identified Juvenile Victims, Suspects
and Arrestees
11
12
13
14
15
16
Appendices
Appendix A: Crimes Included in the Broad Crime Categories
A-1
C-1
Murder
and
Non-Negligent
Manslaughter victims are most frequently
Black (63.8%) or Hispanic (23.7%). White
victims account for (8.6%) of all Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter victims while
Asian /Pacific Islanders account for (3.9%) of
all Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter
victims.
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Suspect
0.0%
3.9%
63.8%
8.6%
23.7%
153
152
99.3%
0.0%
2.5%
57.0%
5.0%
35.5%
121
121
100.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
1.5%
58.4%
8.8%
30.7%
137
136
99.3%
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Rape
Rape victims are most frequently Black
(40.4%) or Hispanic (35.2%). White victims
account for (18.1%) of all Rape victims while
Asian/Pacific Islanders account for (5.7%) of
all Rape Victims.
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total 30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Rape
Victim, Suspect, Arrestee Race/Ethnicity
Victim
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Victims/Suspects/Arrests
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Suspect
0.5%
5.7%
40.4%
18.1%
35.2%
588
562
95.6%
0.7%
2.7%
50.6%
10.5%
35.4%
489
401
82.0%
Arrestee
0.3%
4.8%
45.5%
4.8%
44.7%
384
374
97.4%
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50.0%
45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
% of Total 25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Suspect
0.0%
5.1%
37.2%
21.3%
36.4%
419
390
93.1%
0.9%
5.8%
47.8%
10.6%
35.0%
276
226
81.9%
Arrestee
0.0%
4.2%
37.9%
8.7%
49.2%
367
356
97.0%
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Robbery
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Robbery
Victim, Suspect, Arrestee Race/Ethnicity
Victim
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Victims/Suspects/Arrests
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Suspect
1.0%
12.2%
33.1%
16.5%
37.2%
9402
8209
87.3%
0.2%
1.3%
68.7%
4.1%
25.8%
10797
8582
79.5%
Arrestee
0.1%
3.0%
63.2%
5.3%
28.4%
5314
5273
99.2%
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Felonious Assault
Felonious Assault victims are most
frequently Black (46.1%) or Hispanic (34.7%).
White victims account for (13.3%) of all
Felonious Assault victims while Asian/Pacific
Islanders account for (5.6%) of all Felonious
Assault Victims.
The race/ethnicity of known Felonious
Assault suspects is most frequently Black
(54.9%) or Hispanic (31.8%). White suspects
account for (9.3%) of all Felonious Assault
suspects while Asian/Pacific Islanders
accounted for (3.7%) of the known Felonious
Assault suspects.
Felonious Assault arrestees are most
frequently Black (52.2%) or Hispanic (33.5%).
White arrestees (9.3%) and Asian/Pacific
Islanders (4.6%) account for the remaining
significant portions of the Felonious Assault
arrestee population.
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total 30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Felonious Assault
Victim, Suspect, Arrestee Race/Ethnicity
Victim
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Victims/Suspects/Arrests
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Suspect
0.4%
5.6%
46.1%
13.3%
34.7%
9763
8507
87.1%
0.4%
3.7%
54.9%
9.3%
31.8%
5372
3907
72.7%
Arrestee
0.4%
4.6%
52.2%
9.3%
33.5%
7458
7381
99.0%
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Grand Larceny
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Grand Larceny
Victim, Suspect, Arrestee Race/Ethnicity
Victim
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Victims/Suspects/Arrests
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Suspect
0.8%
11.9%
24.9%
41.9%
20.5%
20569
16915
82.2%
0.5%
4.2%
62.1%
10.5%
22.7%
7881
4071
51.7%
Arrestee
0.2%
5.2%
50.5%
14.2%
29.9%
4191
4158
99.2%
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45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
% of Total
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
.IS
AC
P
N/
IA
AS
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
IC
AN
SP
I
H
Suspect
0.3%
7.5%
36.5%
19.2%
36.4%
1965
1736
88.3%
0.5%
6.2%
43.1%
14.7%
35.5%
948
757
79.9%
Arrestee
0.4%
6.0%
41.1%
12.2%
40.3%
930
905
97.3%
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Misdemeanor Assault and Related Offenses Victim,Suspect and Arrestee Race Ethnicity
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total 30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Suspect
0.6%
6.3%
42.7%
14.4%
35.9%
26234
24221
92.3%
0.4%
3.3%
53.9%
10.1%
32.3%
15256
12374
81.1%
Arrestee
0.3%
4.6%
48.3%
10.2%
36.5%
19064
18804
98.6%
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Petit Larceny
Petit Larceny victims are most
frequently White (35.8%) or Black (29.5%).
Hispanic victims account for (24.4%) of all
Petit Larceny victims while Asian/Pacific
Islanders account for (9.3%) of all Petit
Larceny Victims.
The race/ethnicity of known Petit
Larceny suspects are most frequently Black
(57.3%) or Hispanic (27.3%). White suspects
account for an additional (13.1%) of all Petit
Larceny suspects while Asian/Pacific Islanders
account for (2.1%) of the known Petit Larceny
suspects.
The Petit Larceny arrest population is
most frequently Black (45.8%) or Hispanic
(35.2%). White arrestees (14.6%) and Asian
/Pacific Islander (4.1%) arrestees account for
the remaining significant portions of the Petit
Larceny arrestee population.
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total 30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Petit Larceny
Victim, Suspect, Arrestee Race/Ethnicity
Victim
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Victims/Suspects/Arrests
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Suspect
0.8%
9.3%
29.5%
35.8%
24.4%
39152
22705
58.0%
0.2%
2.1%
57.3%
13.1%
27.3%
10426
5201
49.9%
Arrestee
0.3%
4.1%
45.8%
14.6%
35.2%
3843
3769
98.1%
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60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
Misdemeanor
Criminal
Mischief
suspects are most frequently Black (50.6%) or
Hispanic (30.2%). White suspects account for
an additional (15.9%) of all Misdemeanor
Criminal
Mischief
suspects
while
Asian/Pacific Islanders account for (3.0%) of
known Misdemeanor Criminal Mischief
suspects.
% of Total 30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Misdemeanor
Criminal
Mischief
arrestees are most frequently Hispanic (38.0%)
or Black (35.0%). White arrestees (22.6%)
and Asian/Pacific Islander (4.3%) arrestees
account for the remaining significant portions
of the Misdemeanor Criminal Mischief arrest
population.
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Suspect
0.8%
8.3%
37.0%
27.8%
26.1%
18265
10888
59.6%
0.3%
3.0%
50.6%
15.9%
30.2%
5518
2719
49.3%
Arrestee
0.1%
4.3%
35.0%
22.6%
38.0%
4352
4308
99.0%
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Shootings
Shooting victims are most frequently
Black (73.9%) or Hispanic (21.5%). White
victims account for an additional (2.8%) of all
Shooting victims while Asian/Pacific Islanders
victims account for (1.8%) of all Shooting
Victims.
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
% of Total 40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Victims/Suspects/Arrests
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Victim
0.0%
1.8%
73.9%
2.8%
21.5%
567
564
99.5%
Suspect
0.0%
1.1%
74.1%
3.4%
21.4%
311
266
85.5%
Arrestee
0.0%
1.6%
70.0%
2.9%
25.4%
222
219
98.6%
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80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
% of Total 40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
AM
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
AS
K
AC
BL
Arrestee
TE
HI
W
IC
AN
SP
I
H
0.0%
0.6%
70.2%
9.2%
20.0%
1592
1581
99.3%
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50.0%
45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
% of Total 25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
Misdemeanor Arr.
0.0%
AM
Felony Arr.
ER
D
IN
AS
AC
/P
N
IA
L
.IS
K
AC
BL
Allegations
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Arrests/Allegations
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Dang. Drugs
Felony
0.1%
2.1%
43.5%
13.2%
41.1%
10346
10221
98.8%
Dang. Drugs
Misdemeanor
0.2%
2.4%
48.7%
13.7%
35.1%
30134
29808
98.9%
Drug Allegation
Suspects
1.3%
4.9%
40.8%
15.0%
38.0%
8064
4379
54.3%
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60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total 30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Misdemeanor
AM
ER
D
IN
AS
L
.IS
AC
P
N/
IA
K
AC
BL
Felony
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
AMER IND
ASIAN/PAC.ISL
BLACK
WHITE
HISPANIC
Total Arrests
Known Race Ethnicity
% of Incidents With Race/Eth. Known
Poss. Stolen
Property (Fel.)
0.1%
4.0%
51.2%
14.4%
30.2%
583
574
98.5%
Poss. Stolen
Property (Misd.)
0.4%
5.8%
44.4%
17.7%
31.8%
9998
9807
98.1%
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The
most
frequently
occurring
race/ethnic group within the Violent Felony
suspects is Black, accounting for (64.0%).
Hispanic suspects account for an additional
(27.9%) while White and Asian/Pacific
Islanders account for (5.8%) and (2.0%)
respectively.
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Stops
AM
ER
D
IN
AS
L
.IS
AC
P
N/
IA
K
AC
BL
Viol.Felony Suspects
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Suspects
0.3%
2.0%
64.0%
5.8%
27.9%
16791
12935
77.0%
Stops
0.4%
3.5%
55.8%
10.7%
29.6%
159561
156336
98.0%
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70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
% of Total
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
Arrestee
0.0%
AM
Suspect
ER
D
IN
L
IS
C.
A
P
N/
IA
S
A
K
AC
BL
Victim
TE
HI
W
C
NI
PA
S
HI
Victims
0.5%
5.8%
43.5%
11.7%
38.5%
7489
6542
87.4%
Suspects
0.2%
1.1%
67.3%
5.5%
25.9%
1979
1778
89.8%
Arrestees
0.1%
2.0%
61.8%
4.1%
36.0%
4314
4269
99.0%
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Appendix A
Contents of Broad Crime Categories
Felony Crimes
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter: Murder first and second degree and
Non Negligent Manslaughter.
Rape: Includes Rape first second and third degree
Other Felony Sex Crimes: Includes Sodomy first, second and third degree,
Sexual Abuse first degree, Incest and Sexual Conduct Against a Child
Robbery: First, second and third degree
Felonious Assault: First and second degree
Grand Larceny: Grand Larceny first, second, third and fourth degree
Felony Criminal Mischief: First, second and third degree
Misdemeanor Crimes
Misdemeanor Sex Crimes: Sex Abuse first and second degree, Sexual
misconduct, Forcible touching
Misdemeanor Assault: Assault third degree
Petite Larceny: All larcenies of $1,000.00 or less
Misdemeanor Criminal Mischief: Criminal Mischief fourth degree, Cemetery
Desecration second degree, Reckless endangerment of property, False alarm of
fire second degree.
Special Populations
See detailed discussion in the Introduction section of the Report
A-1
Appendix B
New York City population
New York City Population by Race/Hispanic Origin
(2010 Census: Census Bureau)
ACS Estimate
2,722,904
1,861,295
17,427
1,030,914
206,517
2,336,076
% of Total
33.3%
22.8%
0.2%
12.6%
2.0%
28.6%
8,175,133
ACS Estimate
2,731,173
1,882,900
15,558
1,046,973
195,002
2,373,304
% of Total
33.1%
22.8%
0.2%
12.7%
2.4%
28.8%
8,244,910
The NYC total population for 2012, as determined using the methodology of the Census Bureau's
American Community Survey, was over 8.2 Million. The NYC population determined by the Census
Bureau's 2010 Census procedures was slightly less than 8.2 million for 2010. New York City is challenging
the 2010 census results. More details are provided at the following web site:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popacs.shtml
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Appendix C
New York City Police
Department Census
New York City Police Department Uniformed Officers by Race &Hispanic Origin (6/30/13)
Rank
Police officers
Detectives
Sergeants
All Other Ranks
Total Uniformed
White
10717
2671
2665
1934
17987
Black
3880
739
715
210
5544
Hisp
6602
1177
963
342
9084
Asian
1468
113
287
82
1950
Other
20
6
10
3
39
Total
22687
4706
4640
2571
34604
Hisp
29.1%
25.0%
20.8%
13.3%
26.3%
Asian
6.5%
2.4%
6.2%
3.2%
5.6%
Other
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Total
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
White
47.2%
56.8%
57.4%
75.2%
52.0%
Black
17.1%
15.7%
15.4%
8.2%
16.0%
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