Division of Criminal Justice Services

Domestic Violence Data

UCR Reported Domestic Violence Related Offenses

Aggravated Assault - An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.  This includes the offenses of menacing in the first, second, and third degree.

Simple Assaults - Assaults and attempted assaults which are not of an aggravated nature and do not result in serious injury to the victim. Harassment, stalking, intimidation, coercion, and hazing are included.

Sex Offenses - Includes offenses of rape, statutory rape, sodomy, incest, and sexual abuse.

Violation of Protective Order – Violation of a court order by the person for which the order was issued against.

NYPD Reported Domestic Violence Related Offenses

New York City 2011 data appears in a temporary format while the NYPD's Uniform Crime Reports are being developed. While the rest of the state used UCR crime categories of "aggravated assault" and "simple assault", NYC data instead shows the categories of "felonious assault" and "assault third degree & related offenses". The statistical tabulations presented for New York City are derived from top charge of the reported complaint and the relationship/intimate partner information collected by the NYPD crime reporting system. 

Felony Assault – Includes felony assaults as defined by Article 120 of the New York State Penal Law.

Assault 3 & Related Offenses – Includes all non-felony assaults as defined by Article 120 of the New York State Penal Law.