SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Live, work or play in Sunnyvale, CA ?  Check out the SpotCrime map to see what crime occurs in your area! Sunnyvale is located in Santa Clara County in the San Francisco Bay area, also known as Silicon Valley.  The population is about 140k.  The city is bordered by San Jose , Mountain View , Los Altos and Cupertino .  Tech companies, including Yahoo! , Ariba , Nokia (North American Headquarters) and Palm, Inc are headquartered in Sunnyvale .  Do not fear-there are no vampires in this town, however if you travel to fictional Sunny d ale, CA (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show) I'm sure you'll find plenty of blood suckers there. MyLocalCrime map of Sunnyvale, CA Interestingly, Sunnyvale is one of the few US cities to have a Department of Public Safety , which means all personnel are trained firefighters, police officers and EMTs!  SpotCrime collects crime data from the Sunnyvale Dept of Public Safety to compile the map. Want to read about more news in your

The SpotCrime maps have recently launched on the San Francisco Examiner's crime page ! The Examiner has included the SpotCrime maps on their website to help readers obtain a better understanding of where, when and what crimes occur in their San Francisco area.  In the crime section of the SF Examiner, you can also find the leading crime stories in the San Fran area.  You can find recent up-to-date coverage on stories like the man who stole a Picasso original from the Weinstein Gallery in broad daylight  on Tuesday! He has recently been named the "Preppy Sockless Picasso Thief" after a surveillance camera caught him walking down the street with the drawing in hand. Including San Francisco, SpotCrime provides maps for Oakland , Berkeley , Daly City , Fremont , San Jose , Richmond and Walnut Creek .   Interested in learning more about crime in those areas?  Be sure to check out SpotCrime on the San Francisco Examiner and sign up for your local crime alert . Don'

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

Find up to date crime information in San Francisco using SpotCrime's iPhone app. Are you on Geary St with an iPhone in your hand? Do you want to know about the closest reported crimes to your location? Check out SpotCrime San Francisco at the Apple App Store.

The maps below are two representations of crime in and around San Francisco's Mission District. SpotCrime has been gathering news reported crime in San Fran since Febuary of this year. We at Spotcrime are optimistic that the San Francisco Police Department will make their data fully public later this year. This map shows reported crime in the Mission District for the last two months (July 6th to September 6th). This map shows all the news reported shootings that SpotCrime has been able to gather since February of 2008 to September 6, 2008. This crime map was created by de-slecting all crimes but shootings and changing the beginning date range to January. Google's terrain view was used on the map. Here's a link to SpotCrime's San Francisco Crime Map. http://spotcrime.com/ca/san%20francisco