Violent and Disruptive Incidents (VADIR) data for New York City public schools, aggregated by data.cityofnewyork.us. The dataset includes counts for specific incident types, such as robbery, assault, and harassment, categorized by weapon presence and linked to school-level details like enrollment and district. The data was last updated on August 5, 2025.
Use Cases
- Analyze correlations between school characteristics like Enrollment and School Type with incident rates such as Assault with Physical Injury With Weapon(s).
- Compare incident prevalence across geographic areas using County and District Name columns.
- Model trends in specific incident categories, such as Bomb Threat or Minor Altercations Without Weapon(s), over time if temporal data is available.
Strengths
- Granular incident categorization with over 30 specific columns distinguishing weapon involvement.
- Includes key school identifiers like BEDS Code, School Name, and District Name for linkage.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- data.cityofnewyork.us
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-08-05 20:12:15.
- Geography
- New York City, New York, USA