Arson reports in Chicago vs New York City
Chicago Police Department records in this index include 665 incidents coded as Arson. New York City complaint data include 402 incidents with the same primary-type label. Combined they are 1,067 arson-coded rows. Chicago holds about 62.3% of the pair; New York City holds about 37.7%. The gap is 263 reports. Two police files, not a shared fire-investigation database, and not a ranking of which city is safer.
Key figures
- Chicago has 665 arson-coded reports; New York City has 402.
- The paired total is 1,067 (Chicago about 62.3%, New York City about 37.7%).
- The 263-row gap is a file comparison, not a safety ranking.
- These are police labels, not a unified fire-investigation census.
- Both figures are incident reports, not convictions.
The Chicago–New York arson join
The relationship is IUCR primary type Arson in Chicago (665) next to NYPD arson-class complaints in New York City (402). Intentional burning is the common statutory idea. How undetermined fires, vehicle fires, and criminal-damage-by-fire events are typed still differs. This page does not recode either feed.
About 62.3% versus about 37.7% of 1,067 paired rows is a share of two harvests. On a type with four-digit totals, 263 rows is a large relative gap and still a small absolute number compared with burglary or robbery pages on this site.
Chicago’s 665 arson incidents
The Chicago total is 665. IUCR keeps arson distinct from criminal damage. Some fires residents call arson may be filed as criminal damage if the officer did not record an incendiary finding. Official community area names are Chicago’s 77 areas; this join has no area table.
See arson in Chicago and the Chicago crime hub. A CPD incident is not a conviction and not a fire-marshal closing.
Six hundred sixty-five Chicago rows and 402 New York City rows sit on separate portals. Combined they are 1,067. Quote IUCR for Chicago and NYPD complaint coding for New York City. A low-count type makes a 263-row gap look large as a ratio and small next to burglary pages.
New York City’s 402 arson complaints
The New York City total is 402. NYPD complaint coding can place related events under criminal mischief or other Penal Law labels. The 402 figure is only this site’s Arson type, not every fire-related complaint in the city.
See arson in New York City and the New York City crime hub. Borough geography is not a packet fact. LocalCrimeVault does not recode NYPD rows into IUCR.
263 rows is not a fire-crime ranking
Chicago’s 665 is 263 above New York City’s 402, about 1.7 times the New York City harvest inside this pair. That ratio is a file statistic. It is not evidence that Chicago has more dangerous arson or that New York City is safer. Coding, harvest windows, and vehicle-fire typing all move low-count labels.
Population is not provided, so no rate is computed. Correlation is not causation. This page does not rank the cities.
Citing police arson labels
Quote 665 as Chicago Police Department incidents with primary type Arson. Quote 402 as New York City complaints with the same site label. All crime ties lists other pairs, including Los Angeles arson joins.
Arrest flags are not convictions. Fire-department cause files are separate systems and are not merged here.
Fire-department files stay off this Chicago–New York pair
Chicago Fire Department and FDNY cause determinations are separate from CPD and NYPD incident labels. The 665 Chicago rows and 402 New York City rows are police harvests. An undetermined fire may never appear as Arson. Criminal damage in Chicago and criminal mischief in New York can absorb events another coder would call arson. This page does not merge those labels.
Combined the pair is 1,067 rows (Chicago about 62.3%, New York City about 37.7%). The 263-row gap is about 1.7 times the New York City harvest inside this pair. On a four-digit type, that ratio is sensitive to a few dozen recodes. Do not rank the cities. Population is not a packet fact.
Cite Chicago Police Department for 665 and NYPD for 402. Arrest is not conviction. Use arson in Chicago, arson in New York City, the two city hubs, and all crime ties. Keep IUCR and New York Penal Law named as separate coding systems.
IUCR criminal damage and NYPD criminal mischief can absorb fire events that another coder would file as arson. This join does not add those neighbors to 665 or 402. Combined they are 1,067 rows. Cite Chicago Police Department and NYPD. Keep fire-department cause files named as separate systems. LocalCrimeVault does not recode either police feed.
Questions
- How many arson reports in Chicago vs New York City?
- This index includes 665 Chicago arson-coded incidents and 402 New York City incidents. Combined they are 1,067 rows. Chicago is about 62.3% of the pair; New York City is about 37.7%. These are police reports, not convictions.
- Is Chicago more dangerous than New York City for arson?
- This page does not rank cities as safer or worse. 665 and 402 are harvest counts from CPD and NYPD feeds. A 263-row gap on a low-count type is not a fire-risk score.
- Are these arson figures from fire investigators?
- They are police open-data rows labeled Arson. Fire-department cause files are separate. This page does not merge those files.
- Do the arson totals include convictions?
- No. They are municipal police reports. An arrest is not a conviction. LocalCrimeVault does not convert reports into court outcomes.
Municipal open-data police reports (not convictions). City feeds differ in coverage and coding — counts are not a safety ranking.