If you are the victim of a crime, or know of an incident that may have occurred, it is important to report it to police. The sooner you call the NYPD, the faster they can begin investigating.
The Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) oversees the National Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for the State of New York. Law enforcement agencies submit crime reports to DCJS, which are then reviewed for completeness and accuracy before they are made public. DCJS has worked with agencies to improve timeliness of reporting in recent years, and timely submission has become a condition for receiving anti-crime grant funds administered by DCJS.
In the United States, most crime statistics are based on offense data reported by local law enforcement agencies. The UCR Program uses standard definitions of criminal offenses to compare crimes in different cities and towns across the country, regardless of variations in state laws governing them.
Group A offenses: Crimes Against Persons; Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, and Intimidation. Embezzlement–the unlawful misappropriation or misuse of money, property, or other thing of value entrusted to the offender’s care, custody, or control; burglary–entering and occupying a structure without consent, including automobiles; theft–taking or depriving others of their personal property, such as cash, jewelry, credit cards, firearms, clothing, etc.; and larceny–theft, which includes eight larceny/theft offenses.
The UCR program’s traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS) was used from 1930 to 2020, and has been replaced by the National Incident-Based Recording (NIBRS). NIBRS is expected to yield more detailed information on incidents and individual offenses than is available through SRS. For example, NIBRS captures details about each single crime incident (not just total number of incidents) including known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, and weapon involved in the crimes.
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