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Table 1 Monthly summary statistics of NYPD Transit Bureau complaints and arrests

From: Trends in police complaints and arrests on New York City subways, 2018 to 2023: an interrupted time-series analysis

Variable

Sept 2018–Feb 2020

Mar 2020–Jan 2022

Feb 2022–Aug 2023

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Complaints per 1,000,000 riders per month

7.223 (0.522)

13.971 (5.042)

11.049 (0.953)

 Assault

0.918 (0.130)

1.887 (0.588)

1.541 (0.275)

 Criminal Mischief

0.713 (0.149)

1.627 (0.836)

0.728 (0.126)

 Grand Larceny

1.008 (0.159)

1.266 (0.642)

1.037 (0.164)

 Harassment

0.754 (0.078)

1.769 (0.688)

1.173 (0.185)

 Theft of Services

0.261 (0.065)

0.173 (0.092)

0.279 (0.093)

Arrests per 1,000,000 riders per month

5.133 (0.812)

5.677 (2.096)

7.775 (1.465)

 Assault

0.317 (0.050)

0.547 (0.310)

0.469 (0.098)

 Criminal Mischief

0.557 (0.157)

0.563 (0.327)

0.364 (0.110)

 Grand Larceny

0.120 (0.029)

0.177 (0.122)

0.157 (0.043)

 Harassment

0.003 (0.004)

0.000 (0.000)

0.004 (0.007)

 Theft of Services

1.789 (0.517)

1.090 (0.577)

2.814 (0.947)

Proportion of arrests by race

 Asian

0.023 (0.006)

0.020 (0.011)

0.023 (0.006)

 Black

0.592 (0.030)

0.587 (0.049)

0.599 (0.025)

 Black Hispanic

0.075 (0.016)

0.087 (0.025)

0.085 (0.012)

 White

0.085 (0.018)

0.085 (0.015)

0.061 (0.011)

 White Hispanic

0.219 (0.028)

0.216 (0.033)

0.224 (0.019)

Proportion of arrests by sex

 Female

0.084 (0.009)

0.089 (0.026)

0.070 (0.012)

 Male

0.916 (0.009)

0.911 (0.026)

0.919 (0.020)

Proportion of arrests by age

 < 18

0.033 (0.010)

0.024 (0.019)

0.017 (0.009)

 18–24

0.215 (0.028)

0.170 (0.063)

0.153 (0.017)

 25–44

0.522 (0.026)

0.564 (0.044)

0.591 (0.030)

 45–64

0.221 (0.033)

0.232 (0.052)

0.229 (0.028)

Proportion of arrests by borough

 Bronx

0.221 (0.036)

0.211 (0.057)

0.225 (0.040)

 Brooklyn

0.280 (0.040)

0.260 (0.047)

0.395 (0.039)

 Manhattan

0.415 (0.036)

0.425 (0.052)

0.295 (0.042)

 Queens

0.081 (0.017)

0.098 (0.024)

0.083 (0.014)