Burglar's Tools reports in New York City

What 346 Burglar's Tools reports measure

346 rows are coded Burglar's Tools as NYPD labeled them. Burglar's tools in this feed is a possession-of-tools string as published, not a burglary count and not a confirmation that a structure was entered.

Burglary, criminal trespass, and related property strings stay outside this total unless they carry this exact label. The official published label is "Burglar's Tools." LocalCrimeVault does not rewrite that string. The 346 figure is a count of incident records, not unique people, not unique tool kits, and not recovered property from a burglary.

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 Burglar's Tools, it stays under that string here even when a reader might fold it into burglary. This page does not split the 346 rows into lock-pick, crowbar, or vehicle-related 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. A tools row is not proof that a burglary occurred on the same event; burglary has its own hub when NYPD published that type. Other agencies may file similar events under possession of burglary tools or criminal instruments names that never appear in this list.

Burglar's Tools as a share of New York City reports

Relative to 400,500 New York City incidents in this extract, 346 reports coded Burglar's Tools are about 0.1 percent of the city file. That share describes labeling volume. It does not say which neighborhoods filed 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 property harm in New York City, and it is not a crime rate. Rates need a population or housing-unit denominator that this packet does not include. Do not add 346 to the burglary total to build an unofficial break-in figure.

Reports, not convictions

A Burglar's Tools 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 346 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 Burglar's Tools table

The type hub lists the 346 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.

Nothing in the 346 count tells you clearance, what item was seized, or whether a companion burglary row exists. 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 346 rows. The city-wide New York City hub places Burglar's Tools beside burglary and trespass labels so the 0.1 percent share is visible without merging possession into completed entry. 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 346 / 400,500 pair. Open-data crime files are living tables. A later harvest can add late-submitted reports or drop rows the agency has sealed or corrected. Cite the overlay table for row-level fields. Keep reports and convictions in separate sentences.

The headline count on this page is 346 indexed reports for Burglar's Tools against a city file of 400,500 reports. LocalCrimeVault indexes the public incident feed for New York City. Possession-of-tools rows remain separate from burglary unless you name both labels. If a later harvest moves the integer, the new snapshot is a new citation.

Questions

How many Burglar's Tools reports are in the New York City index?

This extract includes 346 New York City incidents coded Burglar's Tools. 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, arrests, or unique offenders. NYPD assigned the type; LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Is Burglar's Tools the same as burglary?

No. This page covers only rows whose published type is Burglar's Tools (346 reports). Burglary is a separate NYPD string. Mixing possession-of-tools rows with burglary would inflate an entry total the agency did not publish as one field. Use the city hub if you need the mix of all types against 400,500 reports.

Does a Burglar's Tools 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 346 count should be read as report volume. Court records live outside this narrative.

Where does LocalCrimeVault get New York City Burglar's Tools 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.