Crime and enforcement activity in New York City

The report presents statistics on race and ethnicity compiled from the New York City Police Department's records management system. Crime Complaint Reports contain information on the crime victims' race and ethnicity as recorded by the officers or precinct clerical staff interviewing the victim or complainant. The Crime Complaint Report also contains the victim's description of any non-arrested suspects. Arrests made by the responding or investigating officers are also recorded as part of the booking process and contain race and ethnicity information for the arrested suspects. Additional information for the report is drawn from a separate Homicide and Shooting Database that collects statistical information for Murder and Shooting incidents. Stop Question and Frisk data are taken from the New York City Police Department's Stop Question and Frisk database. Race and ethnicity of New York City Police Department officers and recent Census Bureau statistics on citywide race and ethnicity is also presented in appendices to the main report.