According to data supplied by New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Services, the index used by the state and the FBI shows crime rose between 2021 and 2022 in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
2022 was the last year that full data was available, which was last updated August 2023.
The index is drawn from statistics from seven crime categories as indicators of overall crime trends including violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault and property crimes of burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. The FBI created these categories to allow for uniform crime reporting across all 50 states and police departments and sheriffs’ offices report these data to the state.
Nassau County Crime Index
Source: New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The index shows that between 2021 and 2022, crime increased 47.6% in Nassau County. In Nassau, the crime index rate was at 1,323.7 in 2022. The last year that crime was higher was in 2013, when the index was 1,380.4. Nassau saw a sharp spike in crime surpassing a downward trend. In comparison, 2021’s crime index was 903.6.
Suffolk County Crime Index
Source: New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Services.
In Suffolk County, crime increased 21.5%. The increase came after two years of Covid-19 lock-downs when crime dropped. The trend in both counties was a drop in crime from 2000 until 2021, after which in both counties crime increased from the year before. Suffolk the index reached 1,349.6 in 2022. In 2017, the crime index was at 1,435, the last year it was higher than 2022. In 2021, the crime index in Suffolk was 1,132.8.
The rates are per 1000,000 population. Nassau County’s population in 2022 was 1,398,295. In Suffolk it was 1,540,104.
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