atf 2015.pdf

Department of JusticeBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

Firearms and Explosives Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information

Data Source: Firearms Tracing System

January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015#163552

ATF Firearms Trace

Data Disclaimer

(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking

the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any

reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in

crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime.

(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes or models of

firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not

be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that

universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not

necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information

7,803

2015


Total Number of Firearms Recovered and

Traced in New York by Calendar Year

4,041

1,822

997821

81 17 10 6 5 3

Pisto

ls

Rev

olver

s

Rifl

es

Shotguns

Der

ringers

Rec

eivers

/Fra

mes

Mac

hineg

uns

Any

Oth

er Wea

pons

Unkn

own T

ypes

Oth

er*

Firearm Types with a New York RecoveryJanuary 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015


*Other includes Combinations

and a Flare Gun.

1,439

1,154

745 721

605504 466

409 393312

9mm

.22 c

al

.38 c

al

.380 c

al

12GA

.40 c

al

.45 c

al

.25 c

al

.32 c

al

.357 c

al


NOTE: There were 935 additional traces that

were associated with other calibers. There

were 120 traces with an unknown caliber.

Top Calibers Reported on Firearm Traces

with a New York RecoveryJanuary 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

3,817

902719 616

327160 159 150 106 85

Possess

ion o

f Wea

pon

Found Fire

arm

Firear

m U

nder Inve

stig

ation

Dan

gerous

Drugs

Weap

on Offe

nse

Sellin

g Wea

pon

Simple

Assa

ult

Robbery

Car

ryin

g Pro

hibite

d Weap

on

Hom

icid

e

Top Categories Reported on Firearm Traces

with a New York RecoveryJanuary 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

NOTE: There were 762

additional traces that were

associated with other categories.


Top 15 Source States for Firearms with a

New York RecoveryJanuary 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

279

1,350

412

NOTE: An additional 34 states

and Puerto Rico accounted for 611

other traces. The source state

was identified in 4,863 total traces.

441

102

225

347

100 401

266


5982

56

61 (VT)

71

Time-To-Crime Rates for Firearms with a



168 133 142301 273

Under 3

Month

s

3 M

onths

to U

nder 7

Month

s

7 M

onths

to U

nder 1

Year

1 Yea

r to U

nder 2

Yea

rs

2 Yea

rs to

Under

3 Y

ears

3 Yea

rs a

nd Ove

r

No. of Firearms

3,769

1/1/2015-12/31/2015 New York Average Time-to-Crime: 14.11 Years

1/1/2015-12/31/2015 National Average Time-to-Crime: 10.48 Years

287

720658

1,144

1,323

646735

17 &

Under

18 to

21

22 to

24

25 to

30

31 to

40

41 to

50

Ove

r 50

1/1/2015-12/31/2015 New York Average Age of Possessor: 34 Years

1/1/2015-12/31/2015 National Average Age of Possessor: 36 Years


Age of Possessors for Firearms with a


New York City

Troy

Niagara Falls

Utica

NewburghYonkers

Syracuse

Albany

Rochester

Buffalo

Top Recovery Cities for Firearms with

a New York RecoveryJanuary 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

270

658

76

109

554

59

54


NOTE: There were 500 additional municipalities that

accounted for 2,246 other traces. The recovery city

could not be determined for two traces.

6688

3,621

Analytical Criteria Used to Compile

the Enclosed Statistics


Firearm Types and Calibers with a New York Recovery

•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced.

Top Categories Reported on Firearm Traces with a New York Recovery

•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced. Beginning in CY 2010, attempted homicide,

attempted suicide and negligent vehicular manslaughter are reported in separate categories.

Top Source States for Firearms with a New York Recovery


•Traces must identify a purchaser and the state in which the final dealer is located.

Time-to-Crime Rates for Firearms with a New York Recovery


•Traces must identify a purchaser.

•Time-to-Crime was calculated for those traces in which the purchase date could be subtracted from the recovery date.

Top Recovery Cities for Firearms with a New York Recovery


•Includes traces with a recovery city, or, if the recovery city was not provided, the requesting agency had jurisdiction only within

that city.

Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced

•Includes traces with a recovery state of New York. Traces in which the recovery state was not provided were included when the

requesting agency state was equal to New York.

•Includes Firearms Recovered and Traced between 1/1/2015 – 12/31/2015, or, if the recovery date was blank, the trace entry

date was between 1/1/2015 – 12/31/2015.

•Duplicate traces, Firearms Not Recovered, Gun Buyback and Firearms Turned In are not included in this figure.

•Data was extracted from the Firearms Tracing System (FTS) on April 11, 2016.

•All traces may not have been submitted or completed at the time of this study.

Age of Possessors for Firearms with a New York Recovery


•Includes traces that provide a possessor and the possessor’s date of birth.

•Possessor’s age is calculated by subtracting the possessor’s date of birth from the recovery date.

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