Stops Drop | WNYC

Stops Drop in NYC

The number of "stop, question and frisk" stops reported by the NYPD dropped 22% citywide from 2011 to 2012. Colors below show the drop (orange) and rise (blue) in specific spots.

Data

Stop, Question and Frisk data. Processed using R Stats software, and this script. Hexagon bins built with QGIS mapping software and the MMQGIS plugin. Points-in-polygons calculation done in PostgreSQL using PostGIS. Built with Mapbox & Open Street Maps

Made by

John Keefe, Steven Melendez and Louise Ma of the WNYC Data News Team. Follow us @datanews, email us here.