SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Virtual mugshots, facial recognition, crime data, guns and suicide, Log4J flaw, retail thefts, violent crime by children, body cams, predictive policing, police misconduct database, prison population decreased in 2020, criminal justice data, marginal cost of incarceration, and more... POLICE CONDUCT NYPD Utilizes ‘Virtual Mugshots’ Despite City Hall’s Words  (GovTech) The Challenge of Attracting More African Americans to Police Careers  (TheCrimeReport.org) Citizens Police Data Project collects and publishes information about police misconduct in Chicago  (Citizens Police Data Project) Bogged down by data, police services need process rethink: study New research shows too much paperwork may hinder effective policing  (Western U News) Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods  (Justice.gov) CRIME RATE Hackers launch over 840,000 attacks through Log4J flaw  (ArsTechnia) Increase in Colorado’s property crime rate b...

http://www.popvssoda.com/ Is it Soda or is it Pop? Is it a Theft or a Burglary ? You’d describe both objects the same, but depending on where you live in the country, you will call the same object by a different name. Soda vs Pop; Gumband vs Rubberband; Dad vs Pop; Clicker vs Remote vs TV Changer; Ya’ll vs Yins vs Yous; Pocketbook vs Purse vs Handbag; Monkeyball vs Gumball;  feels like the list is never ending! This can also be applied to words when describing crimes on a crime map . In categorizing thefts and burglaries, this word conundrum also happens. For example, cars.  When someone steals something from a car - is it a theft or burglary? For SpotCrime , we usually rely on the agency to classify these. Most Universities classify them as burglaries and many police agencies use theft.   Shootings , however, are a different story for us. Most often a shooting is lumped into a category of aggravated assault. We break out shooting when we can - because our maps are ...

SpotCrime is receiving data from the Greenville Police Department . We are now mapping serious crimes for the entire area. Click the link below to view our interactive map and search the latest crime data for Greenville. http://spotcrime.com/tx/greenville As always, SpotCrime provides free daily SMS and email alerts. Know your neighborhood! Register at www.spotcrime.com .

Imagine going to sleep late at night and waking up the next morning to find that many of your possessions are missing and that your home has been broken into. It's not quite an epidemic that's plaguing every University in the United States but in some areas it is a frightening reality. Burglars mainly target student living in off campus housing due to the almost guaranteed selection of electronics they often own. The burglars end up stealing anything valuable they can get their hands on including laptops, televisions, iPods, video game systems and other electronics of value. So far this year incidents have been recorded in San Marcos, Texas, South Bend, Indiana, Seattle, Washington, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania among many others. Police in these areas have offered advice to students who feel that they are targets for burglary: Set up security systems to discourage forced entries. Keep windows and curtains shut. Lock all windows and doors. Know your neighbors. Report suspici...

These maps are of incidents that occurred in Cincinnati from July through September in 2008. The first map is of all the crimes that took place during this time period and the second crime map is of all the thefts. For more information and to see these crime maps on Spotcrime's website , go to: http://www.spotcrime.com/oh/cincinnati . All incidents: Thefts:

Assaults Thefts Robberies Shootings The above maps were created by selecting a date range of Jan 1 to June 23, 2008. Please note that there is a limitation of how many icons are shown on a map, therefore not all crimes can be shown.