Busted! 5,000 raps on DOE staffers in 3 yrs.

More than 5,000 teachers, aides and other Department of Education workers have been busted in the last three years on charges ranging from rape and kidnapping to assault and shoplifting.

The number of arrested employees rose from 1,696 in 2014 to 1,766 in 2015, then dipped to 1,730 in 2016, according to DOE data obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information Law request.

The tally includes educators vendors and contractors who work in schools.

When employees are busted outside school, they must im- mediately notify the DOE’s Office of Personnel Investigation, alert their supervisor in writing and provide a copy of the criminal complaint.

That didn’t happen, officials said at the time, when Manhattan principal Darlene Miller was busted for drunken driving on Dec. 29, 2011, after smashing into a South Nyack police car.

Miller pleaded not guilty and continued to lead the NYC Museum School in Chelsea. Her trial was delayed for nearly six years, and her salary rose to $169,916. The DOE said it would not impose discipline until her case was resolved.

Last week, Miller, 70, was finally convicted of driving while impaired by alcohol, a violation, Rockland County officials told The Post. She did not return a message. The DOE said it is “reviewing the matter.”