SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

We updated our front page today! Check it out at http://spotcrime.com The major difference is we made the top bar smaller and changed the color from red to white. We wanted to move everything up the page a bit more for viewers. And we felt the color change from red to white helps lead your eyes to the important stuff - the icons on the map! We also updated our email alerts the other. We created more white space, made font larger, and made it easier to view the email as a web page if needed. What are your thoughts? Do you like the changes? Have ideas of your own? Let us know feedback@spotcrime.com!

Riverside County, CA is now on SpotCrime! Riverside County is the fourth largest county in California with population of over 2 million, and is among the fastest growing areas in the US. It's located near San Bernardino , Los Angeles , and San Diego counties and stretches across Southern California from the Colorado River to the California/Arizona border. The close proximity to San Diego and Los Angeles make it a desirable place for commuters to live. Many cities in the county contract with the Sheriff's office for police services including: Temecula , population 100k+ and known as a commuter town for it's equidistant between LA , San Diego , and Orange County ;   Palm Desert , population approx. 50k and one of California's fastest growing cities in the '80's and '90's; and  Moreno Valley , population approx. 194k and the second largest city in Riverside County . It's also home to 12 federally recognized Indian Reservations. Interested

SpotCrime is now mapping crime in Miami-Dade, FL on a daily basis! Crime mapped in southern Miami-Dade Miami-Dade County is located in southeastern Florida along the coast and has a population of about 2.5 million people. The county is commonly called Miami, Miami-Dade, Dade County, Dade, Metro-Dade, or greater Miami. We like to call the area Miami-Dade because the police department is goes by the Miami-Dade Police Department. The department is a full service metropolitan police department serving unincorporated areas of the County. And make sure not to confuse Miami-Dade PD with the Miami PD because they are two separate departments. But don't worry - we are mapping Miami , the largest city in the county, too! Broward County, Collier County, and Monroe County border Miami-Dade. Companies like Brightstar Corp, Burger King, and Norwegian Cruise Lines are headquartered in the county. The county also holds the majority of sports venues including arenas and stadiums for the

Crime data is an unlimited public resource when digitized.   SpotCrime.com Through the power of the Internet we all can look at digital data, and share it with one another at no cost.  For example, social media.  We can share whatever we want whenever we want through digital channels like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn for free 'Like' SpotCrime on Facebook here If a police department chooses to turn the unlimited resource of digital public crime data into a finite resource by giving a single entity the right to control and regulate the data, then the public should share in the value created by turning that unlimited resource into a monopolized resource. Just like a utility company is regulated, a company with sole control over public data should also be regulated. A more optimal solution for the public, and arguably greater value to the whole of society, would be to release the data unrestricted to everyone - providing equal and fair access to a

SpotCrime, the most comprehensive online source for crime data, announced today that it will make its crime mapping service available to every police department in the U.S. free of charge. The decision by SpotCrime to map crime data for any police department that requests it “will help to meet the public’s increasing demand for accurate, up-to-date crime data, allowing departments to devote more of their budgets to putting police on the street,” according to SpotCrime Founder and President Colin Drane. Drane decided to offer crime mapping services to police departments nationwide after learning that some of his competitors were charging police agencies for exclusive mapping services, then reselling that crime data for commercial purposes. “Knowing how much people need that crime data, we wanted to make our crime mapping services available without locking police departments into restrictive contracts with a single vendor,” explains Drane, whose company has become the nation’s mo

Wondering how to get your police agency's crime data on SpotCrime ?  Well, if you have a computer, you can have a crime map.  No department is too small (or too big) for us to get on the map! SpotCrime offers free mapping and public distribution systems at no cost to police departments.  We have a news model with advertising which means we are never looking to upsell our products at a later date. The crime maps include useful features like the hourly updates to the map, date range search, crime type search, keyword search, a 'quick view' of crime in your area (via MyLocalCrime ) and, of course, free crime alerts for residents.  The crime alerts can be sent by email and/or SMS. Here are a few simple steps to see your city on SpotCrime. First, send us an email to feedback@spotcrime.com .  Let us know you'd like us to make a crime map for your area.  Make sure to provide your contact information and the police agency you are with.  We should contact you shortly afte