2016–2025 · 5 published indicators
New York
crime trends.
NYPD complaint data for assault, auto theft, burglary, robbery, and grand larceny.
Sources & methodologyBy category · 2025
Trends across 5 indicators
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Citywide · 78 precincts
Assault count, 2025 · by precinct
Local boundaries shaded by one category at a time, in the active unit, for the selected year. Hover for a quick read; click to open the full precinct view.
Count by year
counts · 2016–2025 · baseline = all categoriesView chart data
Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.
| Year | Assault | All categories (baseline) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 73,260 | 152,774 |
| 2017 | 71,631 | 146,661 |
| 2018 | 73,470 | 147,186 |
| 2019 | 73,480 | 146,378 |
| 2020 | 64,265 | 137,970 |
| 2021 | 71,501 | 151,021 |
| 2022 | 81,207 | 179,658 |
| 2023 | 86,240 | 182,998 |
| 2024 | 92,497 | 184,068 |
| 2025 | 89,799 | 176,384 |
How the series is built
Each year uses one NYPD complaint file: the historic file when it has at least as many complaint-from-date rows as the year-to-date file, otherwise the year-to-date file. The two files are not added together. 2026 comes from the year-to-date file and is excluded from the ten-year comparison.
Grand larceny is the felony theft cut, value over $1,000. Petit larceny stays out. Assault is felony assault plus assault in the third degree. Harassment, sex offences, and homicide stay out.
Population
Citywide rates use U.S. Census Bureau city estimates. 2016–2019 are from the 2010-based vintage and 2020–2025 from the 2020-based vintage, so the denominator changes base in 2020. Precinct rates use 2020 Census block-group population assigned by each block group’s internal point. Precinct 22 is Central Park; its residential population is tiny, so its rate is not comparable with residential precincts.
0.0% of these indicator reports could not be placed in a local area and stay in the city totals only.
Reading the data
Three numbers that need context
Data summary for New York-wide
| Year | Assault | Auto Theft | Burglary | Robbery | Grand Larceny |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 86.5 | 7.5 | 15.4 | 18.3 | 52.7 |
| 2017 | 84.9 | 6.7 | 14.4 | 16.6 | 51.2 |
| 2018 | 87.5 | 6.4 | 14.0 | 15.4 | 51.9 |
| 2019 | 88.1 | 6.5 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 51.8 |
| 2020 | 73.4 | 10.4 | 17.9 | 15.1 | 40.9 |
| 2021 | 84.6 | 12.3 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 50.1 |
| 2022 | 97.1 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 20.9 | 61.5 |
| 2023 | 102.3 | 18.7 | 16.3 | 20.1 | 59.6 |
| 2024 | 107.6 | 16.5 | 15.2 | 19.3 | 55.6 |
| 2025 | 104.6 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 17.5 | 53.0 |
About this data
How to read these figures
- What does “crime” mean for New York?
- Crime by precinct means the indicators New York Police Department publishes for New York (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- Police figures come from New York Police Department. Area boundaries come from NYC Department of City Planning · police precincts. Rates, when a denominator exists, use U.S. Census Bureau · population and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.
- How often is this updated?
- The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.
- What does this not show?
- Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these precincts. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the New York about page.