NYPD Rape Undercount Compared to FBI UCR definition - March 20, 2019 data release from NYPD
Year*
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

Borough
NYPD rapes by FBI definition NYPD "NY Penal Law" rapes** NYPD rape undercount vs FBI definition NYPD rape undercount vs FBI definition percentage
BRONX
525
312
213
41%
BRONX
563
361
202
36%
BRONX
616
343
273
44%
BRONX
563
334
229
41%
BRONX
343
207
136
40%
MANHATTAN
444
282
162
36%
MANHATTAN
474
309
165
35%
MANHATTAN
489
294
195
40%
MANHATTAN
535
300
235
44%
MANHATTAN
308
190
118
38%
BROOKLYN
674
431
243
36%
BROOKLYN
664
441
223
34%
BROOKLYN
683
445
238
35%
BROOKLYN
715
464
251
35%
BROOKLYN
419
282
137
33%
QUEENS
446
289
157
35%
QUEENS
471
298
173
37%
QUEENS
488
316
172
35%
QUEENS
504
317
187
37%
QUEENS
286
182
104
36%
STATEN ISLAND
86
46
40
47%
STATEN ISLAND
93
41
52
56%
STATEN ISLAND
98
50
48
49%
STATEN ISLAND
91
52
39
43%
STATEN ISLAND
71
40
31
44%
citywide total 2014-2018
10649
6626
4023
38%

Source: All data for all years provided by NYPD to E.W. Scripps Company on March 20, 2019, following a Freedom of Information lawsuit
* 2018 numbers are current through June 30, 2018.
** The NYPD continues to report crime statistics in reports published on its own website with the following disclaimer: "All degrees of rape are included in the rape category…Crime statistics reflect New York State
Penal Law definitions and differ from the crime categories used by the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. All Crime statistics are translated to Uniform Crime Reporting categories for submission to the UCR
Program." This NYPD categorization includes only Rape 1, Rape 2 and Rape 3 as defined under NYS Penal Law.