SpotCrime Transparency Ranking: June 2017 Update
The open crime data landscape is changing for the better . More and more cities are beginning to publish their crime data openly . We are seeing a shift away from data silos and move toward open data feeds and portals across the country. With advantages of transparency far outranking disadvantages (if any), hundreds of agencies are making their data openly accessible. At this point, it doesn’t make much sense why any police agency still isn’t on board with open data. The SpotCrime Transparency Ranking has been updated to reflect the changes. If you have any questions about any of the rankings, or if you’d like to see a city ranked that’s not on the list, please let us know ! Boston, MA: 0 to 2 They were a 0 in our last update because they upgraded their RMS system, but in the process of upgrading, their public access point to open crime data was kicked offline. When public access to data gets turned off because of an upgrade, we refer to it as ‘ upgrading ou...