SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Riverside County, CA is now on SpotCrime! Riverside County is the fourth largest county in California with population of over 2 million, and is among the fastest growing areas in the US. It's located near San Bernardino , Los Angeles , and San Diego counties and stretches across Southern California from the Colorado River to the California/Arizona border. The close proximity to San Diego and Los Angeles make it a desirable place for commuters to live. Many cities in the county contract with the Sheriff's office for police services including: Temecula , population 100k+ and known as a commuter town for it's equidistant between LA , San Diego , and Orange County ;   Palm Desert , population approx. 50k and one of California's fastest growing cities in the '80's and '90's; and  Moreno Valley , population approx. 194k and the second largest city in Riverside County . It's also home to 12 federally recognized Indian Reservations. Interested

In an effort to make crime data easily available anywhere, w e recently made some changes to SpotCrime.info , making it easier to use on any mobile device.  Check out the screen shot View this version of SpotCrime by heading to SpotCrime.info on your mobile device. We figured these changes would make it easier for you to view the SpotCrime website on a smaller screen.  Some changes you'll notice is the crime list option in the upper right side of the screen.  This option allows you to view just the list of crime in the area you searched. You still have the ability to tap a crime to see more details, however a list is helpful so you won't have to tap on every icon to get more information. We made the icon key easy to hide (notice the 2 arrows next to the key), allowing you the ability to view more of the map. And finally, we made the buttons bigger (especially helpful for those who have fat fingers like me!) Try www.spotcrime.info on your mobile device and let us k

I live in Smalltown, USA.  The closest airport is 2 hours away.  In fact, 2 hours is how long it takes me to get to any major city(or mall for that matter).  It’s nice living in a small town - no traffic, quiet, and feels safe.  But when I leave my small town, it’s the opposite.  Whenever I venture out of Smalltown, USA, I make sure to check out the area where I’ll be hanging out - especially the crime in the area.   I’ve found that, with the amount of technology floating around the Internet these days, this isn’t as easy as it may seem. From the airport to Smalltown, USA, it’s about 100 miles one way, about a 2 hour drive, passing through many cities/counties/jurisdictions. Where is the safest place to take a pit stop along the busy, bustling I-5 highway? If I want to learn about crime in all of the areas I pass through, I have to check out 4 different crime maps.   Yes. Four. How am I supposed to get a clear picture of crime if I have to check out four different websites?   I don’t e

With today's Facebook IPO , we thought we'd take a look at how crime maps are 'liked' on the social media giant. If you look at the pie chart below of the main crime maps on the Internet right now, you can see that SpotCrime is in the lead.  Thank you for the 'likes'! SpotCrime includes our sites SpotCrime.com Facebook page and MyLocalCrime.com Facebook page 'likes'.  Check out both pages and (if you haven't already) give them a 'like' by heading here for SpotCrime and here for MyLocalCrime .  We also share lots of breaking and interesting news articles through both of our pages as well as updates about our site.  We think 'likes' show the popularity of our maps and wanted to say Thank You again for the support!