NYPD Shooting Incidents with Victim and Perpetrator Demographics

List of every shooting incident that occurred in New York City during the current calendar year. Data is manually extracted every quarter and reviewed by the Office of Management Analysis and Planning before being posted. Each record includes event, location, time, and suspect and victim demographic information.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of shootings using Latitude, Longitude, and BORO columns.
• Modeling victim demographics across incidents using VIC_AGE_GROUP, VIC_SEX, and VIC_RACE columns.
• Investigating temporal trends in shootings using OCCUR_DATE and OCCUR_TIME columns.
• Correlating incidents with administrative boundaries using Police Precincts, Community Districts, and City Council Districts columns.

Strengths

• Includes detailed demographic columns for both victims (VIC_*) and perpetrators (PERP_*).
• Contains multiple geographic reference columns (Latitude, Longitude, Precinct, Community Districts).
• Data is manually extracted and reviewed quarterly by the Office of Management Analysis and Planning.

Limitations

• Dataset is archived and replaced by three newer, related datasets, as noted in the description.
• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Manually extracted every quarter and reviewed by the Office of Management Analysis and Planning.

Time Range

Current calendar year (as of dataset creation).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-26 21:43:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.