NYC Public School Crime Incidents by Building Location

Seven years of data from 2010 to 2016 detail crime incidents within New York City public school buildings. The New York City Police Department collected and provided this data to the Department of Education, which aggregated it by building location.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Major N and Vio N incidents over School Year to assess safety program effectiveness.
• Correlate crime rates (AvgOfMajor N, AvgOfVio N) with school demographic data using Register or Geographical District Code.
• Map incident locations using Latitude and Longitude to identify high-risk Boroughs or Council Districts.
• Examine the relationship between building occupancy (# Schools, Schools in Building) and incident counts (Prop N, Oth N).

Strengths

• Data spans a 7-year time range from 2010 to 2016.
• Includes detailed geospatial columns like Latitude, Longitude, and Census Tract.
• Aggregates data by building location to account for multi-school buildings.

Limitations

• Data is stale, with the latest records being from 2016.
• Sample size and total row count are unknown.
• The dataset's aggregation by building may obscure individual school-level analysis where DBN is available.

Provenance

Source

New York City Police Department (NYPD), compiled by the New York City Department of Education.

Collection Method

NYPD collection and maintenance of crime data for incidents in NYC public schools.

Time Range

2010 - 2016

Freshness

Data covers 2010-2016; last platform update was 2024-11-26.

Geography

New York City public school buildings.