New York State and the FBI use seven Index crime categories as indicators of overall crime trends: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, which are classified as violent crimes; and the property crimes of burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. The FBI created these categories to allow for uniform crime reporting across all 50 states.

Police departments and sheriffs’ offices report these data to the state.

Statewide and regional data are presented for the most recent 10 years. Index crimes by county and agency and crime rates by county are presented for the most recent five years. DCJS posts preliminary data in the spring and final data in the fall.

• Index Crimes for New York State, New York City and non-New York City (6/2021)

• Index Crimes by County and Agency (6/2021)

• Crime Rates by County (6/2021)

The overall crime rate of a county is calculated by dividing the total number of Index crimes submitted by police agencies in each county by the county’s population and multiplying the result by 100,000. The U.S. Census Bureau is the source of county population data. The same formula is used to calculate the violent crime rate and property crime rate for each county.

Index crime by police agency and crime rate data for each county back to 1990 are available through the Open Data Portal.

DCJS is required to annually publish a report analyzing reported crime. Crime in New York State reports are available on the Publications / Reports page.

Hate crimes target individuals, groups of individuals or property based on a perception or belief about race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion or other characteristic as defined by state law.

Police agencies determine whether a crime that occurred in their jurisdiction is classified as a hate crime and report those incidents to the state. Hate crime incidents reported to police are presented for the most recent five years.

• Hate Crime Incidents by County and Agency (12/2020)

DCJS is required to annually publish a report analyzing hate crime incidents, arrests and convictions. Hate Crime in New York State reports are available on the Publications / Reports page.

Historical hate crime incidents back to 2010 are available through the Open Data Portal.

Police agencies in New York State collect data on the number of individuals victimized during domestic incidents involving members of the same family, including but not limited to parents, children and siblings, and intimate partners. These individuals may or may not live together at the time of the incident.

Police agencies in counties outside New York City report these data for the following offense categories: aggravated assault, simple assault, sex offenses, and violation of protective orders. The New York City Police Department reports these data for the following offense categories: felony assault, third-degree assault and related offenses, and violation of protective orders.

Data are presented for the most recent 10 years.

• Domestic Violence Data by Offense and Victim Type (5/2020)

New York State annually publishes a Domestic Homicide Report analyzing homicides involving family members and intimate partners. Those reports are available on the Publications / Reports page.

New York State provides funding, training and technical support to 20 police agencies and their law enforcement partners in 17 counties through the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, which aims to reduce shootings and save lives in communities with high rates of violent and firearm-related crime.

These police departments participate in GIVE: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Hempstead, Jamestown, Kingston, Middletown, Mt. Vernon, Nassau County, Niagara Falls, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Schenectady, Spring Valley, Suffolk County, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, and Yonkers. The following data are reported by these agencies:

• Monthly and Annual Shooting Incidents Involving Injury, Shooting Victims and Shooting Deaths (6/2021)
• Annual Violent Crime Involving a Firearm and Shooting Activity Report (5/2021)

Police departments report arrests to DCJS that require fingerprints, the criteria for which is defined in state law. Arrests are reported to the state by the police department that made the arrest.

Ten years of data detailing misdemeanor and felony arrests involving adults, who are individuals 18 and older. Felony arrests are categorized as follows: drug, violent, DWI, and other. Misdemeanor arrests are categorized as follows: drug, property, DWI, and other.

• Adult Arrests by County and Region (5/2021)
• Adult Arrests by Age, Race/Ethnicity and Sex by County and Region (9/2020)

Note: The age reported is the age when the crime is alleged to have occurred.

Historical adult arrest data back to 1990 are available through the Open Data Portal.

Five years of data detailing the court dispositions (outcomes) of misdemeanor and felony arrests of individuals 18 and older. Arrests are reported by the police agency that made the arrest and disposition information is provided by the state Office of Court Administration.

• Dispositions of Adult Arrests by County and Region (6/2021)
• Dispositions of Adult Arrests by Race/Ethnicity, County and Region (9/2020)

Data comparing arrests and sentences to prison by race/ethnicity as compared to the race/ethnicity of the total population in New York State, New York City, Non-New York City, and each county. These data are presented to provide context to the race/ethnicity of adults involved in the criminal justice system.

• Arrests and Prison Sentences by Race/Ethnicity vs. Population (9/2020)

State law allows individuals who have remained crime-free for 10 years to request that certain New York State convictions be sealed. These data show the number of individuals who successfully petitioned the courts to seal a case(s), by the county in which the seal was granted.

• Individuals with Sealed Criminal Convictions (3/2021)

Note: The county where the seal was granted may be different than the county in which an individual lived at the time of the conviction or the county where the individual presently resides.

Eligible individuals may petition the court to seal up to two misdemeanor convictions; one misdemeanor and one felony conviction; or one felony conviction. This process took effect Oct. 7, 2017.

A sentence to probation allows individuals convicted of crimes to remain in the community under conditions mandated by the court and monitored by probation departments in 57 counties and New York City. Judges also may impose a split sentence, which is a term of local jail incarceration followed by probation supervision. New York State regulates and funds Probation Departments, however, supervision of individuals is a local responsibility.

Adults Under Probation Supervision by County (5/2021).

Adults under supervision are shown annually for the past five years and by conviction type, sex, and race/ethnicity for the most current year. See data notes for more information.

• Adults Under Supervision Annually for the Last Five years
• Adults Under Supervision by Conviction Type
• Adults Under Supervision by Sex
• Adults Under Supervision by Race/Ethnicity

New York State annually publishes a Probation Population Report analyzing data and trends, including crimes of conviction and outcomes. Those reports are available on the Publications / Reports page.

Recidivism

This recidivism report details arrest, conviction and incarceration data for adults sentenced to probation supervision for New York State, New York City, Non-New York City and each county. Data are shown for the last 10 years. See data notes for methodology used to calculate recidivism.

• Recidivism for Adults Sentenced to Probation (8/2020)

New York City and each county operate local jails, which house individuals sentenced to no more than one year of incarceration, those awaiting transfer to state prison to serve a sentence and those whose court cases are pending.

State prison population data are available from the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Data detailing average daily population by facility for the most recent 12 months are updated monthly.

• Monthly Jail Population (6/2021)

Data detailing average of all daily populations reported for each year by facility for the most recent 10 years are updated annually.

• Annual Jail Population (2/2021)

Historical jail population data back to 1997 are available through the Open Data Portal.

Statewide, regional and county population data by sex and race/ethnicity for youth ranging in age from 7 to 17. These data are presented to provide context to the race/ethnicity, sex and age of youth involved in the youth justice system.

• Youth Population by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age (5/2021)

Five years of data detailing police contact with individuals younger than 18, either formal arrests or police contact with youth where there is probable cause that a crime was committed but the agency did not file formal charges.

Arrests and criminal activity are shown by the following categories as defined by the FBI:

Part I (murder, robbery, forcible rape, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft) and Part II (all other offenses, including but not limited to arson, weapons possession, criminal mischief and simple assault).

• Arrests/Criminal Activity by County (4/2020)

Note: The New York City Police Department does not report these data.

Youth Part of Criminal Court processes felony arrests involving 16- or 17-year-olds, defined in state law as adolescent offenders, and arrests involving 13-, 14- and 15-year-olds facing certain serious felony crimes, defined in state law as juvenile offenders.

These cases may remain in Youth Part or be transferred to, also referred to as removed to, Probation and/or Family Court.

• Juvenile Offender (JO) and Adolescent (AO) Youth Part Activity and Court Case Outcomes (5/2021)

Juvenile Delinquent Probation Intakes

Probation departments are responsible for screening juvenile delinquency (JD) arrests involving youth who are 7 through 17 to determine whether a petition should be filed in Family Court, or whether the case can be diverted. These arrests include 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged with felonies and have their cases removed from the Youth Part of Criminal Court to Probation Intake.

These data are presented by region and county:

• Juvenile Delinquent Probation Intakes Opened by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age (5/2021)
• Juvenile Delinquent Probation Intakes Closed by Race/Ethnicity (5/2021)

Probation Supervision

Probation departments may supervise youth who were younger than 18 at the time of offense after their cases are disposed in Family Court or the Youth Part of Criminal Court.

These data are presented by region and county:

• Youth Probation Supervision Cases Opened by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age (5/2021)
• Youth Probation Supervision Cases Closed by Race/Ethnicity (5/2021)

Family Courts handle cases involving youth who are 7 through 17 and have a juvenile delinquency petition filed after a referral from a county attorney’s office; this includes cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds charged with felonies who were removed from Youth Part of Criminal Court to Family Court.

These data are presented by region and county:    

• Initial Petitions Filed by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age (5/2021)
• Initial Petitions Disposed by Race/Ethnicity (5/2021)

This section presents the number of juvenile delinquency cases handled by probation departments and Family Courts for the most recent five-year period. Data for the following processing points are shown: probation intake cases and adjustment rates, initial petitions filed in Family Court, supervision cases opened, cases under supervision at the end of each year, and detention and placement data maintained by the state Office of Children and Family Services. These data are presented by county:

• Youth Justice Trends by Processing Point (2/2021)

This section presents juvenile justice data compiled prior to full implementation of the state law that raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 over a two-year period. Among other changes implemented as a result of the law:

• 16- and 17-year-olds are no longer fingerprinted when arrested for misdemeanor crimes. As a result, these arrests are no longer reported by police agencies to the state (effective Oct. 1, 2018, for 16-year-olds and Oct. 1, 2019, for 17-year-olds).
• 16- and 17-year-olds arrested for felonies, known as adolescent offenders, are initially processed in the Youth Part of Criminal Court. Cases either remain in the Youth Part or are transferred to Probation Departments and/or Family Courts.

The number of sworn and civilian employees on each police agency's payroll, and those employees by sex, race and ethnicity, annually as of Oct. 31. These data are reported by each agency and excludes employees working in local correctional facilities.

• Sworn and Civilian Personnel (5/2021)
• Sworn Personnel by Race, Ethnicity and Sex (5/2021)

Historical police personnel data dating back to 2007 are available through the Open Data Portal.