SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

While uploading data this weekend the SpotCrime team noticed an interesting trend in Baltimore crime patterns. It is a known fact that the City of Baltimore is no stranger to gun violence. Below is a map containing all incidents of shootings from September 2009 up to yesterday Sunday, November the 15th. In total 273 have occurred since September 1st. This is a map containing shootings from Monday November 9th to Friday November 13th: There is a total of 6 shootings. 1 on Monday. 1 on Wednesday. 2 on Thursday. 2 on Friday. Below is a map containing the shootings for Saturday and Sunday: There are a total of 7 shootings for a 2 day period. Through this comparison we are able to deduct that gun violence is more prevalent in the Baltimore area during weekends; although any reasons we can give are merely speculative. As always, SpotCrime provides free crime alerts by email, text messages and through the SpotCrime iPhone application for Baltimore. Know your neighborhood, stay safe with SpotC

The two heat maps above show areas of concentration of the last 100 reported shootings in Baltimore. The second map, we've included the data points to show how the heat graphic displays concentration. While no map perfectly depicts information, this is an interesting tool to show areas of crime concentration- particularly shootings. In the case of these heat maps, "hotter areas" or bright yellow areas are locations with higher concentration of shootings based on proximity to each other. We created these maps using HeatmapAPI (http://www.heatmapapi.com/ ).

The map below shows all the shootings identified by SpotCrime.com from January first to March 22, 2009. To view this on SpotCrime, change the date range on the Baltimore Crime Map and hit the refresh button. We've also provided a one week shooting map for Baltimore using the date range of March 15th to March 22cd.

SpotCrime has recorded eleven shootings in Baltimore this week. The dates range from November 22 to November 27th. Interactive Crime Map Link Here. This map does not include the Baltimore City police officer shot in Baltimore County. Link Here.

The above crime map represents the 8 shootings attributed to Baltimore City since November 15, 2008. A link with descriptions to all the crimes can be found here: http://www.spotcrime.com/crimelist/2436430,%202415943,%202420381,%202420382,%202415944,%202407895,%202402459,%202402460

Eight shootings reported in Baltimore this week as of Wednesday August 13 th. Link here.

Shooting in Hartford County on June 14 is not shown on this map. To get this map on SpotCrime .com, just select the date range, deselect all crimes other than shooting and hit "Refresh Map".