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The Northeast > New York > Crime

NEW YORKER CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 5.2% [24th of 0]
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 5.2% [30th of 40]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 7.2% [22nd of 0]
Aggravated assault 45,387 [4th of 51]
Arson deaths 14.18 [4th of 49]
Burglary 68,565 [9th of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder with 1 of 13 aggravating factors (NY Penal Law §125.27).
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 1 [30th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 0 [35th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 329 [3rd of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 1 [37th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 0 [37th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 5.1 [46th of 51]
Forcible rape 3,169 [8th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 57.8 [32nd of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 20 [11th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 22.2 [32nd of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 889 [3rd of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [42nd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 41 [8th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 145 [7th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 250 [1st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 86 [2nd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 522 [4th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 874 [3rd of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 3.8% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 27.5% [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 26.6% [17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 22.1% [29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 8.8% [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 3.8% [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 5.9% [22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 8.4% [13th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 48.3% [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.1% [31st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 0% [42nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 56.7% [15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 0.1% [40th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 41.4% [31st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 22 % [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 77.8 % [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 59.3 % [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 20.8 % [10th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 20 % [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 13.9% [30th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 27.4% [31st of 49]
Larceny-theft 295,605 [4th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 1 [35th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 0.052 per 1 million people [37th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 2 [40th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 0.104 per 1 million people [44th of 44]
Lynchings > White 1 [43rd of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 0.052 per 1 million people [43rd of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 32,134 [10th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 921 [4th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 63,751 [4th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 3.311 per 1,000 people [32nd of 50]
Property crime total 396,304 [5th of 51]
Robbery 34,489 [3rd of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 52 [26th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 2.701 per 1 million people [31st of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 0 [43rd of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 0 per 100,000 people [38th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 360 [4th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.187 per 10,000 people [22nd of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 3 [6th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.156 per 1 million people [25th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 21 [3rd of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 1.091 per 1 million people [22nd of 50]
Stop and Identify statutes > States with "Stop and Identify" statutes
N. Y. Crim. Proc. Law §140.50(1)
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 1,747 [1st of 40]
Violent crime 83,966 [4th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 2,789 [5th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 14.485 per 100,000 people [38th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes ; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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