The Trend of Crime in Queens NYC

Your sense of safety largely depends on the crime rate of where you live. I used python dataframes from Pandas to clean data from nycOpenData provided by NYPD. Then I used seaborn line-plots, count-plots and matplotlib.pyplot to display the data & visualize trends, and a folium map to display the area of each precinct. I then categorized which neighborhoods have had an increase in crime since the Covid-19 shutdown. I am trying to visualize and identify the trend of crime in Queens NYC.


The Data

Historic crime data

Recent crime data

Police precincts GeoJson

The Code

Repository to the Python code

Visualizations

This shows the total number of arrests in Queens NYC over the last five years (2015-2020)

Total historical crime

This chart shows the total number of arrests in Queens NYC (YTD 2021)

Total crime in queens this year

This chart shows the crime in Queens by precinct (YTD 2021)

Crimes by precinct in queens

You can use the map while viewing the histogram and table to see where each precinct is located and find the precinct covering your neighborhood

You can use the table below to see which precincts and types of crime have increased since March of 2020 (Post Covid-19 shut-down)

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Arrest Precinct Offense Description Crime Count Historic Avg Crime Count Increase in Crime # Change
100 ASSAULT 247.0 166.0 False -81
100 PETIT LARCENY 131.0 38.0 False -93
100 FELONY ASSAULT 112.0 112.0 False 0
100 GRAND LARCENY 48.0 18.0 False -30
100 ROBBERY 41.0 36.0 False -5
100 BURGLARY 32.0 26.0 False -6
100 SEX CRIMES 27.0 16.0 False -11
100 FRAUD 10.0 8.0 False -2
100 CAR THEFT 7.0 6.0 False -1
101 ASSAULT 413.0 146.0 False -267
101 FELONY ASSAULT 257.0 245.0 False -12
101 ROBBERY 108.0 139.0 True 31
101 PETIT LARCENY 71.0 62.0 False -9
101 BURGLARY 52.0 47.0 False -5
101 SEX CRIMES 51.0 43.0 False -8
101 GRAND LARCENY 46.0 27.0 False -19
101 FRAUD 27.0 8.0 False -19
101 CAR THEFT 15.0 23.0 True 8
101 RAPE 8.0 8.0 False 0
102 ASSAULT 520.0 187.0 False -333
102 FELONY ASSAULT 206.0 120.0 False -86
102 GRAND LARCENY 188.0 73.0 False -115
102 PETIT LARCENY 138.0 270.0 True 132
102 ROBBERY 91.0 142.0 True 51
102 FRAUD 62.0 41.0 False -21
102 BURGLARY 60.0 63.0 True 3
102 SEX CRIMES 53.0 56.0 True 3
102 CAR THEFT 32.0 32.0 False 0
102 THEFT RELATED 25.0 11.0 False -14
102 RAPE 9.0 20.0 True 11
102 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 5.0 15.0 True 10
103 ASSAULT 607.0 226.0 False -381
103 THEFT RELATED 457.0 25.0 False -432
103 FELONY ASSAULT 291.0 382.0 True 91
103 PETIT LARCENY 258.0 169.0 False -89
103 ROBBERY 237.0 283.0 True 46
103 GRAND LARCENY 95.0 137.0 True 42
103 FRAUD 80.0 32.0 False -48
103 BURGLARY 60.0 97.0 True 37
103 SEX CRIMES 45.0 51.0 True 6
103 CAR THEFT 33.0 71.0 True 38
103 RAPE 8.0 5.0 False -3
103 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 7.0 14.0 True 7
104 ASSAULT 440.0 411.0 False -29
104 PETIT LARCENY 246.0 221.0 False -25
104 FELONY ASSAULT 148.0 180.0 True 32
104 GRAND LARCENY 112.0 54.0 False -58
104 ROBBERY 102.0 80.0 False -22
104 BURGLARY 62.0 62.0 False 0
104 SEX CRIMES 41.0 44.0 True 3
104 FRAUD 18.0 11.0 False -7
104 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 15.0 25.0 True 10
104 CAR THEFT 13.0 8.0 False -5
104 RAPE 5.0 3.0 False -2
105 ASSAULT 609.0 426.0 False -183
105 FELONY ASSAULT 281.0 285.0 True 4
105 ROBBERY 116.0 108.0 False -8
105 GRAND LARCENY 106.0 62.0 False -44
105 PETIT LARCENY 92.0 90.0 False -2
105 BURGLARY 69.0 43.0 False -26
105 SEX CRIMES 47.0 55.0 True 8
105 CAR THEFT 45.0 35.0 False -10
105 FRAUD 29.0 32.0 True 3
105 RAPE 6.0 8.0 True 2
105 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 3.0 14.0 True 11
106 ASSAULT 410.0 392.0 False -18
106 FELONY ASSAULT 192.0 231.0 True 39
106 PETIT LARCENY 161.0 93.0 False -68
106 GRAND LARCENY 127.0 104.0 False -23
106 ROBBERY 122.0 80.0 False -42
106 BURGLARY 63.0 26.0 False -37
106 SEX CRIMES 39.0 42.0 True 3
106 CAR THEFT 31.0 52.0 True 21
106 FRAUD 17.0 15.0 False -2
106 RAPE 5.0 8.0 True 3
107 ASSAULT 328.0 279.0 False -49
107 PETIT LARCENY 139.0 67.0 False -72
107 ROBBERY 126.0 82.0 False -44
107 FELONY ASSAULT 123.0 129.0 True 6
107 THEFT RELATED 101.0 172.0 True 71
107 GRAND LARCENY 100.0 85.0 False -15
107 BURGLARY 47.0 50.0 True 3
107 FRAUD 30.0 34.0 True 4
107 SEX CRIMES 30.0 18.0 False -12
107 CAR THEFT 14.0 33.0 True 19
107 RAPE 6.0 3.0 False -3
107 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 5.0 7.0 True 2
108 ASSAULT 340.0 191.0 False -149
108 FELONY ASSAULT 109.0 93.0 False -16
108 GRAND LARCENY 99.0 45.0 False -54
108 PETIT LARCENY 82.0 41.0 False -41
108 ROBBERY 57.0 53.0 False -4
108 BURGLARY 28.0 61.0 True 33
108 SEX CRIMES 28.0 42.0 True 14
108 FRAUD 21.0 30.0 True 9
108 CAR THEFT 12.0 6.0 False -6
108 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 7.0 3.0 False -4
109 PETIT LARCENY 730.0 272.0 False -458
109 ASSAULT 538.0 394.0 False -144
109 ROBBERY 225.0 148.0 False -77
109 FELONY ASSAULT 206.0 167.0 False -39
109 GRAND LARCENY 180.0 122.0 False -58
109 BURGLARY 88.0 85.0 False -3
109 SEX CRIMES 54.0 51.0 False -3
109 FRAUD 31.0 36.0 True 5
109 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 25.0 18.0 False -7
109 CAR THEFT 13.0 14.0 True 1
109 RAPE 9.0 3.0 False -6
110 PETIT LARCENY 751.0 253.0 False -498
110 ASSAULT 536.0 473.0 False -63
110 FELONY ASSAULT 245.0 323.0 True 78
110 ROBBERY 163.0 125.0 False -38
110 GRAND LARCENY 153.0 91.0 False -62
110 BURGLARY 55.0 49.0 False -6
110 SEX CRIMES 51.0 81.0 True 30
110 FRAUD 37.0 21.0 False -16
110 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 24.0 15.0 False -9
110 CAR THEFT 16.0 25.0 True 9
110 RAPE 10.0 7.0 False -3
111 ASSAULT 141.0 115.0 False -26
111 PETIT LARCENY 71.0 32.0 False -39
111 GRAND LARCENY 58.0 16.0 False -42
111 FELONY ASSAULT 56.0 60.0 True 4
111 BURGLARY 37.0 21.0 False -16
111 ROBBERY 29.0 13.0 False -16
111 SEX CRIMES 13.0 20.0 True 7
111 CAR THEFT 7.0 6.0 False -1
111 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 5.0 8.0 True 3
112 PETIT LARCENY 325.0 164.0 False -161
112 SEX CRIMES 174.0 74.0 False -100
112 ASSAULT 151.0 134.0 False -17
112 RAPE 98.0 93.0 False -5
112 FELONY ASSAULT 89.0 71.0 False -18
112 GRAND LARCENY 82.0 57.0 False -25
112 ROBBERY 24.0 44.0 True 20
112 BURGLARY 18.0 38.0 True 20
112 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 13.0 15.0 True 2
112 FRAUD 11.0 5.0 False -6
112 CAR THEFT 7.0 19.0 True 12
113 ASSAULT 746.0 244.0 False -502
113 FELONY ASSAULT 302.0 376.0 True 74
113 PETIT LARCENY 222.0 216.0 False -6
113 GRAND LARCENY 155.0 125.0 False -30
113 ROBBERY 110.0 85.0 False -25
113 FRAUD 94.0 73.0 False -21
113 BURGLARY 57.0 51.0 False -6
113 SEX CRIMES 57.0 47.0 False -10
113 CAR THEFT 42.0 57.0 True 15
113 RAPE 10.0 29.0 True 19
113 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 7.0 11.0 True 4
114 ASSAULT 652.0 246.0 False -406
114 PETIT LARCENY 296.0 439.0 True 143
114 FELONY ASSAULT 257.0 264.0 True 7
114 ROBBERY 145.0 202.0 True 57
114 GRAND LARCENY 133.0 136.0 True 3
114 BURGLARY 55.0 108.0 True 53
114 SEX CRIMES 46.0 67.0 True 21
114 FRAUD 37.0 63.0 True 26
114 CAR THEFT 15.0 45.0 True 30
114 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 11.0 8.0 False -3
114 RAPE 7.0 9.0 True 2
115 ASSAULT 753.0 235.0 False -518
115 FELONY ASSAULT 282.0 407.0 True 125
115 PETIT LARCENY 220.0 195.0 False -25
115 THEFT RELATED 200.0 12.0 False -188
115 ROBBERY 165.0 114.0 False -51
115 GRAND LARCENY 137.0 117.0 False -20
115 SEX CRIMES 89.0 128.0 True 39
115 BURGLARY 61.0 88.0 True 27
115 FRAUD 41.0 28.0 False -13
115 CAR THEFT 27.0 36.0 True 9
115 BURGLAR’S TOOLS 15.0 19.0 True 4
115 RAPE 12.0 4.0 False -8