Hi All,Back on February 1st I wrote about crime statistics that are available on the Newsday.com website. That information is good - very good - and very helpful.
At the end of that blog entry, in passing I mentioned that there is a section on the Nassau County Police Department website that contains crime statistics. With all the attention being paid to the new Community Policing Plan - click here for the link to learn more about the plan - I wanted to go into more detail about the data that is presented on the Nassau County Police Department website.
First though, click here on a link from CBS New York's website for an article titled, 'Nassau County Residents Voice Displeasure About Plan to Close 4 Police Precincts'. Also, you might want to click on this link from ABC News titled 'Burglaries Up In Nassau County Amid Precinct Closures'.
Now, on to the statistics. The main page for the Crime Statistics can be reached by clicking on this link. Click on the link for whichever precincts crime statistics that you are interested in. Note also that there is a link for 'Grand Totals' as well.
When you click on a precinct link a document opens up in pdf format. Click here to get a free version of Adobe Acrobat for free.
When you click on any of the links the Crime Report comes up. Interesting columns to note are the comparison's between 2012 and 2011 and the fact that the report has Weekly, 28 Day, Year-to-Date and Year-to-Date Prior Year columns. There is a LOT of information on the chart!
The first column on the left side of the document has the type of crime. Murders, Rapes, Sexual Abuse, Robberies, Assaults, Burglaries, Stolen Vehicle, Grand Larceny and more are included in the report. Note also that the last row on the sheet includes a 'Total Crime Report'. Basically that is a cumulative total...
Other items to note about the report: these stats are for the week and are by precinct. Sometimes the percent change column is drastically large due to few occurrences. For example, if there were 2 residential burglaries in a particular week and then there was only one residential burglary in the next week - the percent change would show that it dropped by 50%. If there were 3 residential burglaries in the next week, the percent increase would show an increase of 200%. Make sure you understand the statistics before coming to any arbitrary conclusions.
Finally, remember that the main Crime Statistics page has a Grand Total link.
Regards,
Stu
