SouleyKarim_Nawel_Data101HW2

library(tidyverse)

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library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
library(knitr)

hatecrimes <- read_csv("NYPD_Hate_Crimes_19-26.csv")

Rows: 4029 Columns: 14
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Delimiter: ","
chr (9): Record Create Date, Patrol Borough Name, County, Law Code Category ...
dbl (4): Full Complaint ID, Complaint Year Number, Month Number, Complaint P...
lgl (1): Arrest Date

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hatecrimes

# A tibble: 4,029 × 14
   `Full Complaint ID` `Complaint Year Number` `Month Number`
                 <dbl>                   <dbl>          <dbl>
 1             2.02e14                    2019              1
 2             2.02e14                    2019              2
 3             2.02e14                    2019              2
 4             2.02e14                    2019              4
 5             2.02e14                    2019              6
 6             2.02e14                    2019              7
 7             2.02e14                    2019              9
 8             2.02e14                    2019             11
 9             2.02e14                    2019              5
10             2.02e14                    2019              6
# ℹ 4,019 more rows
# ℹ 11 more variables: `Record Create Date` <chr>,
#   `Complaint Precinct Code` <dbl>, `Patrol Borough Name` <chr>, County <chr>,
#   `Law Code Category Description` <chr>, `Offense Description` <chr>,
#   `PD Code Description` <chr>, `Bias Motive Description` <chr>,
#   `Offense Category` <chr>, `Arrest Date` <lgl>, `Arrest Id` <chr>

names(hatecrimes) <- tolower(names(hatecrimes)) #rmv uppercase
names(hatecrimes) <- gsub(" ","",names(hatecrimes)) #rmv space
head(hatecrimes)

# A tibble: 6 × 14
  fullcomplaintid complaintyearnumber monthnumber recordcreatedate
            <dbl>               <dbl>       <dbl> <chr>           
1         2.02e14                2019           1 1/23/2019       
2         2.02e14                2019           2 2/25/2019       
3         2.02e14                2019           2 2/27/2019       
4         2.02e14                2019           4 4/16/2019       
5         2.02e14                2019           6 6/20/2019       
6         2.02e14                2019           7 7/31/2019       
# ℹ 10 more variables: complaintprecinctcode <dbl>, patrolboroughname <chr>,
#   county <chr>, lawcodecategorydescription <chr>, offensedescription <chr>,
#   pdcodedescription <chr>, biasmotivedescription <chr>,
#   offensecategory <chr>, arrestdate <lgl>, arrestid <chr>

bias_count <- hatecrimes |>
  select(biasmotivedescription) |>
  group_by(biasmotivedescription) |>
  count()|>
  arrange(desc(n))
head(bias_count)

# A tibble: 6 × 2
# Groups:   biasmotivedescription [6]
  biasmotivedescription          n
  <chr>                      <int>
1 ANTI-JEWISH                 1906
2 ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)   489
3 ANTI-ASIAN                   401
4 ANTI-BLACK                   315
5 ANTI-OTHER ETHNICITY         168
6 ANTI-MUSLIM                  156

ggplot(hatecrimes, aes(x = biasmotivedescription))+
  geom_bar()

bias_count |>
  head(10) |>
  ggplot(aes(x=biasmotivedescription, y = n)) +
  geom_col()

bias_count |>
  head(10) |>
  ggplot(aes(x=reorder(biasmotivedescription, n), y = n)) +
  geom_col() +
  coord_flip() #switch the axis position

#reorder, display in the order based on n

bias_count |>
  head(10) |>
  ggplot(aes(x=reorder(biasmotivedescription, n), y = n)) +
  geom_col() +
  coord_flip()+
  labs(x = "",
       y = "Counts of hatecrime types based on motive",
       title = "Bar Graph of Hate Crimes from 2019-2026",
       subtitle = "Counts based on the hatecrime motive",
       caption = "Source: NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services")

bias_count |>
  head(10) |>
  ggplot(aes(x=reorder(biasmotivedescription, n), y = n)) +
  geom_col(fill = "salmon") +
  coord_flip()+
  labs(x = "",
       y = "Counts of hatecrime types based on motive",
       title = "Bar Graph of Hate Crimes from 2019-2026",
       subtitle = "Counts based on the hatecrime motive",
       caption = "Source: NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services") + theme_minimal()

bias_count |>
  head(10) |>
  ggplot(aes(x=reorder(biasmotivedescription, n), y = n)) +
  geom_col(fill = "salmon") +
  coord_flip()+
  labs(x = "",
       y = "Counts of hatecrime types based on motive",
       title = "Bar Graph of Hate Crimes from 2019-2026",
       subtitle = "Counts based on the hatecrime motive",
       caption = "Source: NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services") +
  theme_minimal()+
  geom_text(aes(label = n), hjust = -.05, size = 3) +
  theme(axis.text.x = element_blank())

hate_year <- hatecrimes |>
  filter(biasmotivedescription %in% c("ANTI-JEWISH", "ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)", "ANTI-ASIAN", "ANTI-BLACK"))|>
  group_by(complaintyearnumber) |>
  count(biasmotivedescription)|>
  arrange(desc(n))
hate_year

# A tibble: 28 × 3
# Groups:   complaintyearnumber [7]
   complaintyearnumber biasmotivedescription          n
                 <dbl> <chr>                      <int>
 1                2024 ANTI-JEWISH                  371
 2                2023 ANTI-JEWISH                  343
 3                2025 ANTI-JEWISH                  320
 4                2022 ANTI-JEWISH                  279
 5                2019 ANTI-JEWISH                  252
 6                2021 ANTI-JEWISH                  215
 7                2021 ANTI-ASIAN                   150
 8                2020 ANTI-JEWISH                  126
 9                2023 ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)   116
10                2022 ANTI-ASIAN                    91
# ℹ 18 more rows

hate_county <- hatecrimes |>
  filter(biasmotivedescription %in% c("ANTI-JEWISH", "ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)", "ANTI-ASIAN", "ANTI-BLACK"))|>
  group_by(county) |>
  count(biasmotivedescription)|>
  arrange(desc(n))
hate_county

# A tibble: 20 × 3
# Groups:   county [5]
   county   biasmotivedescription          n
   <chr>    <chr>                      <int>
 1 KINGS    ANTI-JEWISH                  798
 2 NEW YORK ANTI-JEWISH                  651
 3 QUEENS   ANTI-JEWISH                  289
 4 NEW YORK ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)   237
 5 NEW YORK ANTI-ASIAN                   228
 6 KINGS    ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)   120
 7 KINGS    ANTI-BLACK                    99
 8 BRONX    ANTI-JEWISH                   92
 9 QUEENS   ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)    91
10 KINGS    ANTI-ASIAN                    80
11 NEW YORK ANTI-BLACK                    79
12 QUEENS   ANTI-ASIAN                    78
13 RICHMOND ANTI-JEWISH                   76
14 QUEENS   ANTI-BLACK                    75
15 BRONX    ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)    35
16 RICHMOND ANTI-BLACK                    35
17 BRONX    ANTI-BLACK                    27
18 BRONX    ANTI-ASIAN                    10
19 RICHMOND ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)     6
20 RICHMOND ANTI-ASIAN                     5

hate2 <- hatecrimes |>
  filter(biasmotivedescription %in% c("ANTI-JEWISH", "ANTI-MALE HOMOSEXUAL (GAY)", "ANTI-ASIAN", "ANTI-BLACK"))|>
  group_by(complaintyearnumber, county) |>
  count(biasmotivedescription)|>
  arrange(desc(n))
hate2

# A tibble: 127 × 4
# Groups:   complaintyearnumber, county [35]
   complaintyearnumber county   biasmotivedescription     n
                 <dbl> <chr>    <chr>                 <int>
 1                2024 KINGS    ANTI-JEWISH             152
 2                2024 NEW YORK ANTI-JEWISH             136
 3                2025 KINGS    ANTI-JEWISH             136
 4                2019 KINGS    ANTI-JEWISH             128
 5                2023 KINGS    ANTI-JEWISH             126
 6                2022 KINGS    ANTI-JEWISH             125
 7                2023 NEW YORK ANTI-JEWISH             124
 8                2025 NEW YORK ANTI-JEWISH             110
 9                2022 NEW YORK ANTI-JEWISH             104
10                2021 NEW YORK ANTI-ASIAN               84
# ℹ 117 more rows

ggplot(data = hate2) +
  geom_bar(aes(x=complaintyearnumber, y=n, fill = biasmotivedescription),
           position = "dodge", stat = "identity") +  #keep the previous calculation
  labs(fill = "Hate Crime Type",
       y = "Number of Hate Crime Incidents",
       title = "Hate Crime Type in NY Counties Between 2010-2016",
       caption = "Source: NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services")

ggplot(data = hate2) +
  geom_bar(aes(x=county, y=n, fill = biasmotivedescription),
           position = "dodge", stat = "identity") +
  labs(fill = "Hate Crime Type",
       y = "Number of Hate Crime Incidents",
       title = "Hate Crime Type in NY Counties Between 2010-2016",
       caption = "Source: NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services")

ggplot(data = hate2) +
  geom_bar(aes(x=complaintyearnumber, y=n, fill = biasmotivedescription),
           position = "dodge", stat = "identity") +
  facet_wrap(~county) +  #separate the graph into graphs per county
  labs(fill = "Hate Crime Type",
       y = "Number of Hate Crime Incidents",
       title = "Hate Crime Type in NY Counties Between 2010-2016",
       caption = "Source: NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services")

nypop <- read_csv("nyc_census_pop_2020.csv")

Rows: 62 Columns: 4
── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Delimiter: ","
chr (2): Area Name, Population Percent Change
num (2): 2020 Census Population, Population Change

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ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.

head(nypop)

# A tibble: 6 × 4
  `Area Name`  2020 Census Populati…¹ `Population Change` Population Percent C…²
  <chr>                         <dbl>               <dbl> <chr>                 
1 Albany Coun…                 314848               10644 3.50%                 
2 Allegany Co…                  46456               -2490 -5.09%                
3 Bronx County                1472654               87546 6.32%                 
4 Broome Coun…                 198683               -1917 -0.96%                
5 Cattaraugus…                  77042               -3275 -4.08%                
6 Cayuga Coun…                  76248               -3778 -4.72%                
# ℹ abbreviated names: ¹`2020 Census Population`, ²`Population Percent Change`

nypop$`Area Name` <- gsub("County", "", nypop$`Area Name`)
nypop2 <- nypop |>
  rename(county = `Area Name`)|>
  select(county, `2020 Census Population`)
head(nypop2)

# A tibble: 6 × 2
  county         `2020 Census Population`
  <chr>                             <dbl>
1 "Albany "                        314848
2 "Allegany "                       46456
3 "Bronx "                        1472654
4 "Broome "                        198683
5 "Cattaraugus "                    77042
6 "Cayuga "                         76248

datajoin <- left_join(hate2, nypop2, by=c("county"))
datajoin

# A tibble: 127 × 5
# Groups:   complaintyearnumber, county [35]
   complaintyearnumber county biasmotivedescription     n 2020 Census Populati…¹
                 <dbl> <chr>  <chr>                 <int>                  <dbl>
 1                2024 KINGS  ANTI-JEWISH             152                     NA
 2                2024 NEW Y… ANTI-JEWISH             136                     NA
 3                2025 KINGS  ANTI-JEWISH             136                     NA
 4                2019 KINGS  ANTI-JEWISH             128                     NA
 5                2023 KINGS  ANTI-JEWISH             126                     NA
 6                2022 KINGS  ANTI-JEWISH             125                     NA
 7                2023 NEW Y… ANTI-JEWISH             124                     NA
 8                2025 NEW Y… ANTI-JEWISH             110                     NA
 9                2022 NEW Y… ANTI-JEWISH             104                     NA
10                2021 NEW Y… ANTI-ASIAN               84                     NA
# ℹ 117 more rows
# ℹ abbreviated name: ¹`2020 Census Population`

hate_new <- hate2 |>
  mutate(county = as_factor(str_to_lower(as.character(county))))
nypop_new <- nypop2 |>
  mutate(county = as_factor(str_to_lower(as.character(county))))

datajoin <- left_join(hate_new, nypop_new, by=c("county"))
datajoin

# A tibble: 127 × 5
# Groups:   complaintyearnumber, county [35]
   complaintyearnumber county biasmotivedescription     n 2020 Census Populati…¹
                 <dbl> <fct>  <chr>                 <int>                  <dbl>
 1                2024 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             152                     NA
 2                2024 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             136                     NA
 3                2025 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             136                     NA
 4                2019 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             128                     NA
 5                2023 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             126                     NA
 6                2022 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             125                     NA
 7                2023 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             124                     NA
 8                2025 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             110                     NA
 9                2022 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             104                     NA
10                2021 new y… ANTI-ASIAN               84                     NA
# ℹ 117 more rows
# ℹ abbreviated name: ¹`2020 Census Population`

datajoinrate <- datajoin |>
  mutate(rate = n/`2020 Census Population`* 100000) |>
  arrange(desc(rate))
datajoinrate

# A tibble: 127 × 6
# Groups:   complaintyearnumber, county [35]
   complaintyearnumber county biasmotivedescription     n 2020 Census Populati…¹
                 <dbl> <fct>  <chr>                 <int>                  <dbl>
 1                2024 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             152                     NA
 2                2024 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             136                     NA
 3                2025 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             136                     NA
 4                2019 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             128                     NA
 5                2023 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             126                     NA
 6                2022 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             125                     NA
 7                2023 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             124                     NA
 8                2025 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             110                     NA
 9                2022 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             104                     NA
10                2021 new y… ANTI-ASIAN               84                     NA
# ℹ 117 more rows
# ℹ abbreviated name: ¹`2020 Census Population`
# ℹ 1 more variable: rate <dbl>

The hate crimes dataset has both positive and negative aspects. One positive aspect is that it provides detailed information about the specific bias motivations behind reported hate crimes. This allows us to look at different categories, such as anti-Jewish, anti-Asian, anti-Black, and anti-male homosexual bias, instead of treating all hate crimes as one group. Another positive aspect is that the dataset covers multiple years, which allows us to look for patterns and changes over time.

One negative aspect is that some information may be missing or inconsistent. For example, we saw that the county names were not always written in the same format, such as “KINGS” and “Kings.” This can create problems when combining the hate crimes data with other datasets. Another negative aspect is that the dataset does not necessarily explain why a hate crime happened or what factors caused it. It mainly provides information about reported incidents, so we have to be careful when making conclusions about causes.

If I could study this dataset further, I would first look at the relationship between county population and reported hate crimes. I would also compare the different bias motivations across counties to see whether certain types are more common in particular areas.