Arson reports in New York City

What 402 Arson reports measure

402 rows are coded Arson as NYPD labeled them. Arson in this feed is a police-incident string, not an FDNY fire-incident total and not a count of unique buildings.

Criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, and other fire-adjacent strings stay outside this total unless they carry the Arson label. The official published label is "Arson." LocalCrimeVault does not rewrite that string. The 402 figure is a count of incident records, not unique structures, not insurance claims, and not a medical-examiner death file.

How NYPD type labels work on this feed

Every row on the New York City open-data incident extract carries a type field drawn from NYPD offense classification as published. If a report was written as Arson, it stays under that string here even when a reader might look first at fire-department run cards. This page does not split the 402 rows into occupied, vacant, vehicle, or attempt subtypes the packet does not contain.

A primary type is not a criminal conviction and is not a UCR hierarchy rule applied after the fact. Fire-department investigations and NYPD arson rows can differ on dates, jurisdiction, and what counts as a crime incident. This page quotes 402 NYPD rows. It does not reconcile FDNY series.

Arson as a share of New York City reports

Relative to 400,500 New York City incidents in this extract, 402 reports coded Arson are about 0.1 percent of the city file. That share describes labeling volume on the police extract. It does not say which neighborhoods experienced more reports; geography lives on the table, not in this headline.

Keep the denominator in view: 0.1 percent of the indexed city total is not 0.1 percent of all fires in New York City, and it is not a crime rate. Rates need a housing-unit or population denominator that this packet does not include. Small share is not a statement that arson reports are unimportant; only the rank is a packet fact.

Reports, not convictions

An Arson row means a report was taken and coded. It does not mean a prosecutor filed a charge, a judge entered a finding, or a person was identified. Treating 402 as a conviction tally would overstate legal outcomes and understate how much volume in a big-city feed never reaches court.

New York City Police Department publishes the underlying incidents through NYC Open Data. LocalCrimeVault indexes that feed. If the agency later updates a record, the public count can move. This page describes the extract as harvested, not a forecast and not a neighborhood safety score.

How to read the Arson table

The type hub lists the 402 rows with the fields NYPD shares publicly: date, coarse location, and related attributes. Block ranges are intentionally coarse. They are not street-number addresses, and they are not proof that a named building or resident was involved. This page does not narrate individual fires.

Nothing in the 402 count tells you clearance, occupancy, or dollar loss. Those outcomes are outside this extract. If a filter reduces the table, you have left the headline on purpose.

Where to go next in the New York City data

Use the New York City type hub for the live table of these 402 rows. The city-wide New York City hub places Arson beside criminal mischief and other labels so the 0.1 percent share is visible without mixing fire-department totals into the police file. A cross-city view of the same type slug exists; definitions still follow each agency's feed.

If you are documenting a method, record the extract and the 402 / 400,500 pair. Cite NYPD when you quote 402. FDNY fire files can differ on dates and what counts as an incident. This page does not reconcile those series. Keep reports and convictions in separate sentences.

The headline count on this page is 402 indexed reports for Arson against a city file of 400,500 reports. LocalCrimeVault indexes the public incident feed for New York City. Do not treat this guide as a live dispatch feed, a fire-department run log, or a court docket. If a later harvest moves the integer, the new snapshot is a new citation, not a silent revision of this page. Criminal mischief remains a separate hub.

Questions

How many Arson reports are in the New York City index?

This extract includes 402 New York City incidents coded Arson. That is about 0.1 percent of 400,500 city incidents indexed on LocalCrimeVault. The figure counts police reports from NYC Open Data, not convictions, unique buildings, or an FDNY fire total. NYPD assigned the type; LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Is 402 the same as the FDNY arson or fire count?

Not necessarily. Fire-department files and NYPD incident extracts can differ on dates, jurisdiction, and what counts as a crime incident. This page quotes 402 NYPD rows in LocalCrimeVault's index of 400,500 New York City reports. Cite the system you mean. This site does not reconcile other tallies.

Does an Arson incident mean someone was convicted?

No. Public incident rows are reports. They can remain in the open-data feed if no arrest was made, if charges were declined, or if the case was later unfounded and not yet removed. The 402 count should be read as report volume. Court records live outside this narrative.

Where does LocalCrimeVault get New York City Arson counts?

Counts come from New York City Police Department incidents published on NYC Open Data and indexed here. Offense types are NYPD offense classification as published. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges. Compare the type table with the New York City hub if you need this label next to the other 400,500 city reports.