Frauds reports in New York City

What 1,459 Frauds reports measure

1,459 rows are coded Frauds as NYPD labeled the report. The official published label is the plural "Frauds," not Offenses Involving Fraud and not Theft-fraud. LocalCrimeVault does not rewrite that string or merge it with neighboring fraud types.

The 1,459 figure is a count of incident records, not unique people and not dollar losses. Forgery is also a separate type. Readers who want every fraud-adjacent row in the city file should use the city hub rather than treating 1,459 as an all-fraud total.

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 Frauds, it stays under that string here even when everyday speech uses "scam" or "fraud" for several NYPD labels at once. This page does not split the 1,459 rows into scheme 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 bunco or deceptive-practice names that never appear in this New York City list.

The plural label Frauds is easy to treat as a rollup. It is not. Frauds is 1,459 rows. Offenses Involving Fraud, Theft-fraud, and Forgery stay outside that total. This extract is one harvest of NYC Open Data as indexed on LocalCrimeVault, not a consumer-loss survey.

Frauds as a share of New York City reports

Relative to 400,500 New York City incidents, 1,459 reports coded Frauds are about 0.4 percent of the city file. That share describes labeling volume. It is not a consumer-loss ranking and not a statement about which neighborhoods saw more reports; geography lives on the table.

Keep the denominator in view: 0.4 percent of the indexed city total is not a fraud rate. Rates need a population or account denominator that this packet does not include.

Reports, not convictions

A Frauds 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 1,459 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 Frauds table

The type hub lists the 1,459 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 1,459 count tells you clearance, restitution, or loss amount. Those outcomes are outside this extract. If a filter reduces the table, you have left the headline on purpose.

Coarse geography on a Frauds row is not a victim address and not a dollar loss. The 1,459 count should be cited as report volume. If a filter reduces the table, state the filter and the new count rather than keeping 1,459 in the sentence.

Where to go next in the New York City data

Use the New York City type hub for the live table of these 1,459 rows. The city-wide New York City hub places Frauds beside Offenses Involving Fraud, Theft-fraud, and Forgery so the 0.4 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 1,459 / 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 1,459 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 Frauds reports are in the New York City index?

This extract includes 1,459 New York City incidents coded Frauds. That is about 0.4 percent of 400,500 city incidents indexed on LocalCrimeVault. The figure counts police reports from NYC Open Data, not convictions or dollar losses. NYPD assigned the type; LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Is Frauds the same as Offenses Involving Fraud or Theft-fraud?

No. This page covers only rows whose published type is Frauds (1,459 reports). 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 Frauds 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 1,459 count should be read as report volume. Court records live outside this narrative.

Where does LocalCrimeVault get New York City Frauds 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.