How To Report a Crime on SpotCrime

SpotCrime has a great feature that allows our users to report crimes right on our website.
Here's how you do it:

Step 1
Sign in to SpotCrime
(If you need help with this, click here).

Step 2
After signing in, click Report A Crime at the top of the page.


Step 3
You will now see a screen that looks like the picture below.


1. Select your area from the dropdown menu.

2. Type in the address where the crime occurred.

3. Type in the city.

4. Select the crime type.

5. Provide the time the crime occurred (if you know it).

6. Include a source (if you have one),
and make sure that it has the http:// in the web address.

7. Include a short description of the crime.

8. Under the map, click GEOCODE to pinpoint the crime on the map.

9. Hit Save.


Finding User Reported Crimes

These crimes will show up only if you do a search for user reported crimes.
On the SpotCrime map, click the User Reported box and hit Refresh Map.


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