Hi there. Great service you have here. My question is: 
How can I obtain the crime data in a city (such as New York City)
broken down per precinct, or other small area (such as a 50 block area
or less)? It would be nice if I could get categories of crimes, such
as violent crimes (murder, rape, etc..) and petty crimes (such as
theft, assaults, etc..). What I need is their per capita percentage on the
precinct population. in other words, one precinct in a very high
violent crime area, may have a percentage of 15% (number of violent
crimes per person). And another precinct in a "good" part of town may
have a percentage of 4%. I would also like a map showing the precincts
or "blocks" in the city.
Basically, I am looking for factual data, such as actual statistics
kept by the justice department, police agency, or other credible
source.
Thanks!
John

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 25 Jun 2003 18:10 PDT

I have some of the data you are seeking as it pertains to New York,
but your question implies that you may be interested in other cities
(you said "...such as New York").

Is New York the city you are interested in or are you looking for a
source that provides this information on all metropolitan cities?

As I said, I have SOME of the information (some current, some a few
years old), but this map thing may be the hold up. You might want to
scratch that and post it as a seperate question in case it cannot be
found.

Let me know if you want the New York data I have found and I will
provide it to you as an answer. Otherwise, please clarify the original
question for us.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 25 Jun 2003 18:26 PDT

I should also mention that I have an excellent, most credible report
which contains crime data broken down into types of crime from as far
back as 1999 and as recently as 2002 but this document pertains to
entire cities only (there appear to be several hundred of them listed
- a number of them in New York).

If this is of interest to you as an answer I can also provide that
document.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by cowtothesky-ga on 25 Jun 2003 19:41 PDT

Hi. Thank you for your quick response! I am familiar with some of the
data you are talking about regarding entire cities. Unfortunately,
this will not work for what I need. However, it may be a good
reference to supplement the data for a comparison of other cities.
For the primary question: I am looking for a way to break it down into
city areas. I would LOVE a way to get this information for all major
cities (foreign and domestic), but would be satisfied with New York
City only :).
A city, such as New York City, is divided into police precincts or
jurisdictions. There has to be data available pertaining to each
individual "precinct", as well as a map somewhere that shows how the
precincts (if they are called that) are divided within the city and
surrounding areas. I am not sure how the map would be obtained, but I
feel certain that there is a map for police and fire departments
showing the precinct areas within the city. I understand that the more
dense the area, the smaller the precinct would (should) be.
Hope this helps and thanks again for your response!
John

Dear cowtothesky-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

GOT THEM!


** PRECINCT MAPS **

Believe it or not, I continued to look while I was awaiting your
clarification and I found the very maps you’ve been looking for. There
are actually five of them here. Enjoy:

ACTION RADIO NETWORK
http://www.actionradionetwork.com/nyc/precinctmap.html


Here’s another NYC precinct map, and this one is interactive! (Which
is really helpful). Give it a try too; you may like it better (notice
the drop-down menu that lets you zoom directly to the desired
precinct):

NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
http://maps.nycboe.net/Police/NYPD.asp

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** NYC CRIME STATISTICS BY PRECINCT **

Here is the record for crimes in NYC broken down by precinct, by
borough and in summary, citywide. I think these documents are exactly
what you are looking for and they are not only current as of one week
ago but the New York City Police Department’s COMPSTAT Unit also
updates them weekly for your viewing pleasure:

NEW YORK CITY PRECINCT CRIME STATISTICS
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/html/pct/cspdf.html

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** ADDITIONAL RESOURCES **

As for other sources of breakdowns of crimes by precinct, this
document dated December 2001 shows a breakdown for “selected”
precincts (if you want to take a glance at the past):

CIVIC REPORT 22: DO POLICE MATTER? AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF NEW
YORK CITY’S POLICE REFORMS
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_22.htm


This document has tremendously pertinent information and is relatively
recent (but probably not current) however it may require some
calculation on your part to reach a definitive result for the purposes
of your question:

STOP AND FRISK REPORT
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/reports/stop_frisk/ch5_part1.html


You mentioned that you are familiar with the Uniform Crime Report
(UCR) but in case you don’t have the most recent one, I would be
negligent if I didn’t mention this important document from the FBI
dated 2002. If crime stats are something that interest you, this one
ought to really get your attention (I’ve been in law enforcement
myself for more than 20 years and I get this report every year as it
come available – I’m always mesmerized by the results):

FBI
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_02/02prelimannual.pdf

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Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any
questions about my research please post a clarification request prior
to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final
comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near
future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga


** INFORMATION SOURCES **

Defined above


** SEARCH STRATEGY **


SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


** SEARCH TERMS USED: **

NEW YORK CITY PRECINCT MAP

NEW YORK CITY CRIME STATISTICS

NEW YORK CITY CRIMES BY PRECINCT

NEW YORK CITY COMPSTAT

NEW YORK CITY NIBRS REPORT

NEW YORK CITY UCR REPORT

Alternatively I replaced the term “New York City” with “NYC”

Fabulous. This is the info I needed. Thank you so much for your help!!