Sioux City Open Crime Data is Now on SpotCrime!

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Sioux City, IA is located in western Iowa on the Missouri River with a population of about 83k residents. The city is split between two counties - Plymouth and Woodbury - and also borders two states - Nebraska and South Dakota.

We started mapping Sioux City after it was brought to our attention that recent shootings spurred an interest in reactivating neighborhood watch groups again. Since SpotCrime is the most visited crime mapping site and we're the only crime mapping site to offer actual maps in our email alerts, we started mapping the city hoping it would help facilitate a connection between the community and police department.

Sioux City's level of transparency with public crime data exceeds those of many larger cities in the US. They provide an open data feed that doesn't restrict access or the ability to share the information. When you see cities like Charlotte Las Vegas both with populations 9 and 7 times the size of Sioux City respectively, it shows the absurdity when larger cities put restrictions on crime data.

Does your police department have an open crime data feed? Reach out and ask. And let them know we have resources like SpotCrime Catapult available if they don't have a public feed available yet. We'll also map the information and send out email alerts for free.

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