SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Fighting the violent crime rate, 2017 crime data finally available, civil forfeiture overhaul, lunar phases and temperature linked to crime rates, treating violence like a disease, and more... POLICE CONDUCT ‘In seconds you can be fighting for your life.’ How routine calls can quickly turn dangerous for police  (Sacramento Bee) What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes.  (Washington Post) After Backlash Over Racist Comments, New Jersey Sheriff Resigns  (Governing) Deputy caught allegedly planting drugs in body cam footage  (WDHN) Philly agrees to overhaul civil forfeiture program to settle lawsuit  (Philly.com) CRIME RATE Early Data from Nation’s Largest Cities Show 2018 Crime and Murder Rates to Decline  (Brennan Center for Justice) 2017 FBI Crime Statistics Released Annual Statistics are Available in Crime Data Explorer  (FBI) see also:  Crime in Texas and New Mexico is increasing, while police presence is low  (KFOX14) and a

The above map was created with the data provided by the Baltimore Crime Blog . To get the map, go to SpotCrime Baltimore , change the date range from 1/1/09 to 12/31/09, and add "murdered" in the keyword search. For this map, we've changed the view type to "terrain". The Baltimore Sun has another version that can be seen here: Link to Baltimore Sun Murder Map Murders for 2009 in Baltimore is estimated to be above 230. Compared to New York's murders for 2009 ( NYT - 390), Baltimore's per capita murders would have been 15. Conversely, if New York had Baltimore's rate, there would have been 6,225 murders in New York for 2009. SpotCrime's Mission: Founded in Baltimore, SpotCrime will continue its effort to help catalog and distribute crime data for public view. It is our contention that technology advancements have made it possible for almost every police agency to make their crime data fully available to the public at minimal cost. By "