Assignment #2 - Short

Libraries and Data

library(tidyverse)

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

Rows: 4029 Columns: 14
── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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

ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.

Lowercase headers and removing spaces

names(hatecrimes) <- tolower(names(hatecrimes))
names(hatecrimes) <- gsub(" ","",names(hatecrimes))
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>

The Bias Motive

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

These counts as a bar graph

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

Filtering for Top 10

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

Arranging according to height and rotating the graph

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

Adding title, caption, and x-axis label

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")

Adding color and changing theme

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()

Annotations and removing x-axis values

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())

Checking first year totals

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

Checking county totals

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

Combining totals from counties and years

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

Plotting the three hate crimes together

ggplot(data = hate2) +
  geom_bar(aes(x=complaintyearnumber, 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")

Making the bar graphs by county instead of year

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")

Putting all the years and counties together

ggplot(data = hate2) +
  geom_bar(aes(x=complaintyearnumber, y=n, fill = biasmotivedescription),
           position = "dodge", stat = "identity") +
  facet_wrap(~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")

Adding census for NYC counties

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

ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.

Renaming Geography to match other dataset

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

Combining hate2 data with nypop

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`

Making sure counties are in lowercase

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))))

Combining again

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                2736074
 2                2024 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             136                1694251
 3                2025 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             136                2736074
 4                2019 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             128                2736074
 5                2023 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             126                2736074
 6                2022 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             125                2736074
 7                2023 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             124                1694251
 8                2025 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             110                1694251
 9                2022 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             104                1694251
10                2021 new y… ANTI-ASIAN               84                1694251
# ℹ 117 more rows
# ℹ abbreviated name: ¹​`2020 Census Population`

Calculating the rate of incidents per 100,000, then arranging in descending order

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 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             136                1694251
 2                2023 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             124                1694251
 3                2025 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             110                1694251
 4                2022 new y… ANTI-JEWISH             104                1694251
 5                2024 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             152                2736074
 6                2025 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             136                2736074
 7                2021 new y… ANTI-ASIAN               84                1694251
 8                2021 new y… ANTI-JEWISH              84                1694251
 9                2019 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             128                2736074
10                2023 kings  ANTI-JEWISH             126                2736074
# ℹ 117 more rows
# ℹ abbreviated name: ¹​`2020 Census Population`
# ℹ 1 more variable: rate <dbl>

Question 1: One positive aspect of the hatecrimes dataset is that it makes it easier to see who has experienced prejudice, where did they experienced it, and when was it. This meticulous data collection is useful to look at what policymakers or law enforcement officers could do in their own respective groups to help these numbers go down. This can lead to better living conditions for citizens of these groups. One negative aspect of this hatecrimes dataset is the fact that everything may not have been reported and therefore doesn’t show on the graphs. Some incidents have the chance of not being reported, and if it’s not reported and sent to the FBI, then its part in the data is nonexistent. Which means the data could be slightly different than what we’re seeing.

Question 2: One path that I would like to study about in this dataset is how the older data compares to data in more recent years, and what was happening in the world at the same time. This could present some interesting changes by, for example, choosing to see how reports were looking before COVID-19, and after. Another path I would like to study about is looking at one targeted group and how it has changed over the years, what is happening in the world during that time, and how’d it changes in each county.