SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Tis the season to rank the best Christmas movies! Below are our 10 personal Christmas favorites. And, since we map crime on the reg, we’ve included a crime map for each city the movie takes place. A Christmas Carol Bah Humbug!  Ebenezer Scrooge should be arrested for the way he’s treated friends, family, and employees! A great holiday movie to make you realize what Christmas is really about. Crime map of assaults in London, England Bad Santa Hey, can I get another drink down here? This isn’t a very cheery movie, but since the police are very apparent in this black comedy we’ve included it in our list. Billie Bob Thorton is a very, very bad Santa who uses his Santa suit as a way to steal from stores during the holiday season.  Map of crime in Phoenix, AZ The Santa Clause Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! When I get home, I'm getting a CAT scan! Scott Calvin’s transformation from an average guy to THE Santa Claus gets h...

The SpotCrime iPhone application is available at the iTunes store for the following areas: San Fransisco Chicago Baltimore New York City London But what if you live in a city outside of these five regions and want to know what's going on around you? You can still access some of our SpotCrime data through Google Maps on the iPhone. Simply type SpotCrime and your location in the Google Maps search and watch the crime incidents appear before your eyes. Click for an example in Philadelphia, PA Crime incident listings are also available once you search SpotCrime and your city on Google Maps through RSS feeds. Click here for another Philadelphia example As always, SpotCrime provides free crime alerts by email and text messages. Know your neighborhood with SpotCrime.com

Do you want to see crime in London on your iPhone? SpotCrime is now selling an iPhone app that gives you up to date crime data for London and the surrounding areas. Using the iPhone's gps, SpotCrime London will pinpoint your location and show you the nearest crimes or the most recent crimes. Click on the utilites button and view 20 crimes in on the iPhone Google map. To find the app in the iTunes store search on SpotCrime London. Here are some screenshots from the app:

We've just launched three new city apps for the iPhone App Store. In addition to NYC, SpotCrime now has apps for London, Chicago, and our home city Baltimore.

The following two maps show a representation of crime events reported by the UK media.  The fist icon represents assaults and in most cases stabbings.  The red target icons represent shootings.  In the second map below, we are only showing the shootings reported by the media in and around London for 2008.  This project started in April, and therefore, the data does not reach back to January 2008.   The map below is a representation of most of the shootings reported by the UK media from March to September 2008.   To see the complete crime data we've been able to collect at SpotCrime.  Please check our live London Crime Map at  http://www.spotcrime.com/uk/london . By zooming out on the map, you'll see that we are collecting crime data all over the United Kingdom.

The following link contains the map of the two most recent stabbings in the UK. SpotCrime Map link here. A 16 year old boy outside Manchester and a 17 year old in Croydon were murdered early this morning. Addtionally, the Croydon stabbing was very close in proximity and time to another stabbing on July 21st.

Zoomed in view

Within the past week, three cabbies have been robbed at knifepoint in the UK. All three cabbies picked up their passengers, took them to their destinations and then were robbed. Two of the robberies took place in Hatfield and the other was in St. Albans. All of the crimes took place relatively close to each other. For more information and to see these crimes mapped, go to http://www.spotcrime.com/crimelist/1688972,1688974,1688973

We've changed our assault icon on SpotCrime . Above is a snapshot of our London maps. Most of the assaults shown are stabbings. The red target icon represents shooting.

The map below shows assaults (mostly stabbings) SpotCrime has been able to map in London. Link to the London Crime map here .

Since beginning the project last month, SpotCrime has mapped over 100 crime incidents in the UK. A map of the crimes in and around London is below: