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With the first-time NYPD release of incident-level crime data last week, (data that reports where and when a crime occurred, instead of a total number by precinct), someone decided to re-sort the data by neighborhood in order to produce these maps and graphs.
Everyone should keep in mind - crimes are defined by police, who do so in an "interested" way. The interests include pending real estate investment, my own paycheck (my favorite), my nephew is a broker and needs to do some renting ....
The stats are basically useless for understanding crime related to that forum favorite, "danger (for white transplants)."
They are definitely interesting in what they say about how different areas are characterized. The press takes these already-interpreted "facts" and creates all sorts of baloney headlines to sell papers.
Everyone should keep in mind - crimes are defined by police, who do so in an "interested" way. The interests include pending real estate investment, my own paycheck (my favorite), my nephew is a broker and needs to do some renting ....
The stats are basically useless for understanding crime related to that forum favorite, "danger (for white transplants)."
They are definitely interesting in what they say about how different areas are characterized. The press takes these already-interpreted "facts" and creates all sorts of baloney headlines to sell papers.
Personally one thing I find interesting is that crime rates have actually decreased in many urban areas but you'd never actually know from media outlets...well certain ones to be PARTICULAR.
So Union Square is quite more dangerous than I realized. Worked in that area over the summer and never had issues; wonder if the issue is in the night time or if there's just a notable amount of crime in the area. Just goes to show that any area can be vulnerable, no one is immune.
So Union Square is quite more dangerous than I realized. Worked in that area over the summer and never had issues; wonder if the issue is in the night time or if there's just a notable amount of crime in the area. Just goes to show that any area can be vulnerable, no one is immune.
If I understand his write-up correctly, this perception of the stats has to do with the fact that he incorporated number of residents into his calculation of crime ranking. So an area with a population of 10 and with 5 robberies per quarter would rank higher in crime than an area with same number of robberies but more residents - OR an area with more robberies and more residents making the crime more dispersed.
So they don't even lock the front doors any more over there? Haven't been back in a good 17 years and thought that things were looking up and up.
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