Monthly counts of complaints received and arrests made by Delaware DNREC Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents since the year 2000. The dataset tracks enforcement activity over more than two decades, sourced from the data.delaware.gov portal. It was last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze seasonal patterns in wildlife-related complaints using the Month and Year columns.
- Model the relationship between Number_Of_Complaints and Number_Of_Arrests to assess enforcement efficiency.
- Forecast future complaint volumes based on historical trends in the Year and Month fields.
Strengths
- Time-series data spanning from 2000 onward, providing over 20 years of history.
- Clear, structured columns (Month, Year, Number_Of_Arrests, Number_Of_Complaints) for straightforward analysis.
Limitations
- Unknown total row count and sample size, hindering statistical power assessment.
- Data lacks demographic or geographic details on incidents, limiting contextual analysis.
- Contains only aggregated monthly counts, not individual incident records.
Provenance
- Source
- data.delaware.gov
- Collection Method
- Administrative records from DNREC Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents.
- Time Range
- 2000 onward
- Freshness
- Last updated April 2026.
- Geography
- State of Delaware, USA.