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Number of people in prison in 2010 from each NYC police precinct, using precinct boundaries as of 2018

Police Precinct Number of people in state prison from NYC police precinct, 2010 Census population, 2010 Total population, 2010 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
1 40 66,033 66,073 61
5 94 52,683 52,777 178
6 36 62,226 62,262 58
7 208 56,240 56,448 368
9 308 76,443 76,751 401
10 93 50,180 50,273 185
13 107 93,640 93,747 114
14 55 20,651 20,706 266
17 35 79,126 79,161 44
18 65 54,066 54,131 120
19 85 208,259 208,344 41
20 75 102,624 102,699 73
22 11 25 36 30,556
23 552 73,106 73,658 749
24 243 106,460 106,703 228
25 411 47,405 47,816 860
26 192 49,508 49,700 386
28 380 44,781 45,161 841
30 414 60,685 61,099 678
32 733 70,942 71,675 1,023
33 333 76,958 77,291 431
34 346 113,062 113,408 305
40 559 91,497 92,056 607
41 327 52,246 52,573 622
42 551 79,762 80,313 686
43 736 172,048 172,784 426
44 722 146,441 147,163 491
45 165 120,559 120,724 137
46 709 128,200 128,909 550
47 492 152,379 152,871 322
48 400 83,266 83,666 478
49 228 114,712 114,940 198
50 149 101,720 101,869 146
52 545 139,307 139,852 390
60 305 104,400 104,705 291
61 145 159,516 159,661 91
62 137 181,981 182,118 75
63 148 108,646 108,794 136
66 109 191,382 191,491 57
67 514 155,252 155,766 330
68 91 124,491 124,582 73
69 205 84,480 84,685 242
70 389 160,664 161,053 242
71 384 98,429 98,813 389
72 228 126,230 126,458 180
73 862 86,468 87,330 987
75 1,174 183,328 184,502 636
76 160 43,643 43,803 365
77 686 90,744 91,430 750
78 120 66,715 66,835 180
79 725 90,263 90,988 797
81 577 62,722 63,299 912
83 633 112,634 113,267 559
84 100 48,196 48,296 207
88 227 51,421 51,648 440
90 329 116,836 117,165 281
94 96 56,247 56,343 170
100 101 47,898 47,999 210
101 347 66,962 67,309 516
102 174 144,215 144,389 121
103 416 105,803 106,219 392
104 179 170,190 170,369 105
105 340 188,511 188,851 180
106 179 122,377 122,556 146
107 133 151,107 151,240 88
108 80 113,200 113,280 71
109 195 247,354 247,549 79
110 186 172,634 172,820 108
111 50 116,427 116,477 43
112 48 112,070 112,118 43
113 507 120,116 120,623 420
114 314 202,766 203,080 155
115 252 171,576 171,828 147
120 372 112,569 112,941 329
121 221 118,701 118,922 186
122 117 138,982 139,099 84
123 53 97,894 97,947 54

Sources and methodology

Police Precinct
This is the NYC police precinct as existed in 2018.
Number of people in state prison from NYC police precinct, 2010
This is the number of people from each NYC police precinct in state prison as of 2010. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2010
This is the population of the NYC police precinct as reported in the 2010 Census.
Total population, 2010
This is the total population of the NYC police precincts reflected in the 2010 Census plus the imprisoned population.
Imprisonment rate per 100,000
This is the number of imprisoned people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of imprisonment between precincts of different population sizes.


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