MTA Summonses and Arrests: Beginning 2019 records monthly counts of fare evasion and conduct violations enforced by NYPD or MTAPD. The dataset is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in March 2026. It categorizes enforcement actions by police force and agency.
Use Cases
- Analyze seasonal trends in fare evasion by aggregating Total counts by Month and Agency.
- Compare enforcement activity between the NYPD and MTAPD using the Police Force and Metric columns.
- Model the relationship between specific transit agencies (Agency) and the volume of Criminal Summonses versus Arrests (Metric).
- Forecast future Total summonses and arrests using historical Month-level time series data.
Strengths
- Data covers multiple years from 2019 onward, providing a multi-year time series.
- Structured with 5 clear columns (Month, Total, Police Force, Metric, Agency) for straightforward analysis.
Limitations
- Unknown row count and sample size prevent assessment of statistical significance.
- Lacks granular details like location, specific violation codes, or demographic data of individuals.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov, the official open data portal for New York State.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated administrative records from the NYPD and MTAPD.
- Time Range
- Beginning 2019, ongoing.
- Freshness
- Updated monthly, with last update in March 2026.
- Geography
- New York City Metropolitan Area, specifically the MTA transit system (bus, subway, LIRR, Metro-North).