Forgery reports in New York City

What 4,668 Forgery reports measure

4,668 rows are coded Forgery as NYPD labeled the report. That published string is not the Frauds type, not Offenses Involving Fraud, and not Theft-fraud. NYPD kept those as separate labels on the same extract. The official published label is "Forgery." LocalCrimeVault does not rewrite that string.

The 4,668 figure is a count of incident records, not unique documents, not recovered instruments, and not bank-loss totals. Readers looking for a combined fraud-and-forgery rollup will not find it on this page: those other strings remain in the rest of the 400,500-row city 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 Forgery, it stays under that string here even when everyday speech says "fake ID" or "counterfeit." This page does not split the 4,668 rows into instrument subtypes the packet does not contain.

A primary type is not a criminal conviction. A single field event can involve more than one offense; the public extract typically exposes one published type per row. Other agencies may file similar events under deceptive-practice or identity-theft names that never appear in this New York City list.

Forgery, Frauds, Offenses Involving Fraud, and Theft-fraud sit side by side on the New York City type list. This page holds only Forgery: 4,668 rows. Combining those four strings would no longer match any single NYPD field. This extract is one harvest of NYC Open Data as indexed on LocalCrimeVault, not a bank-loss report.

Forgery as a share of New York City reports

Relative to 400,500 New York City incidents, 4,668 reports coded Forgery are about 1.2 percent of the city file. That share describes how NYPD labeled the public feed. High-volume larceny types dominate tables; Forgery is a smaller published slice.

Keep the denominator in view: 1.2 percent of the indexed city total is not a crime rate. Rates need a population or exposure denominator that this packet does not include.

Reports, not convictions

A Forgery 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 4,668 as a conviction tally would overstate legal outcomes.

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 Forgery table

The type hub lists the 4,668 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 business or resident was involved.

Nothing in the 4,668 count tells you clearance, restitution, or whether an instrument was recovered. Those outcomes are outside this extract. If a filter reduces the table, you have left the headline on purpose.

A block range on a Forgery row is not a merchant address and not a document identifier. The 4,668 count does not say what instrument was listed. Cite the unfiltered type hub when you mean the city-wide headline, and name any filter that reduces the table.

Where to go next in the New York City data

Use the New York City type hub for the live table of these 4,668 rows. The city-wide New York City hub places Forgery beside Frauds, Offenses Involving Fraud, and Theft-fraud so the 1.2 percent share is visible next to related but separate labels. 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 4,668 / 400,500 pair. Open-data crime files are living tables. Cite the overlay table for row-level fields. Keep reports and convictions in separate sentences.

The headline count on this page is 4,668 indexed reports for the published type label against a city file of 400,500 reports. LocalCrimeVault indexes the public incident feed for New York City. Cite the overlay table for row-level fields. Keep reports and convictions in separate sentences. Do not treat this guide as a live dispatch feed, a victimization survey, 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.

Questions

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

This extract includes 4,668 New York City incidents coded Forgery. That is about 1.2 percent of 400,500 city incidents indexed on LocalCrimeVault. The figure counts police reports from NYC Open Data, not convictions, recovered documents, or unique offenders. NYPD assigned the type; LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Is Forgery the same as Frauds or Theft-fraud?

No. This page covers only rows whose published type is Forgery (4,668 reports). Frauds, Offenses Involving Fraud, and Theft-fraud are separate NYPD labels. Mixing categories would inflate totals. Use the city hub if you need the mix of all types against 400,500 reports.

Does a Forgery 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 4,668 count should be read as report volume. Court records live outside this narrative.

Where does LocalCrimeVault get New York City Forgery 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.