SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Dear SpotCrime Subscriber, Why do we kill?  It’s a pretty important question if you are concerned about crime - particularly in our inner cities. That’s why we are helping to publish a new book “Why do We Kill?” by Baltimore homicide detective, Kelvin Sewell, and award winning Investigative Reporter, Stephen Janis. The book contains true life cases that Detective Sewell worked while a Baltimore City homicide detective.  The stories are every bit as engrossing as they are gruesome.  The book is not for the faint of heart, but if you like true crime stories, I promise you will not put this book down. We got involved in this project because SpotCrime is based in Baltimore and it was the first city we mapped.   Like our maps, this book helps expose the crime problems inner cities are having and the daunting task of working in law enforcement. If you’re interested in supporting our efforts by purchasing the book please click (or copy and paste) this link ht...

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The term 'flash mob' was coined back in 2003 and has been used to describe a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place (normally a mall or food court) to sing or dance and then disperse suddenly. If you aren't familiar with the modern day  flash mob , I recommend a quick YouTube search or check out the video below. It can be pretty cool to get stuck in the middle of one. Recently and rather quickly, it appears the modern day flash mob has mutated into a 'flash rob' .  Flash robs occur when groups of 10 or more people suddenly begin terrorizing businesses, store employees and average Joe's and then disperse suddenly, before police can arrive.  These flash mobs are not very fun if you find yourself in the middle of one. Most of theses flash mobs have been targeting retail or convenient stores.  The mobs are able to make off with more loot in faster time than the normal criminal.  The mobs are normally...

SpotCrime is now mapping Cobb County, GA ! Cobb County is located just north west of Atlanta, GA and has a population of approx 715k.   Cobb County is considered part of the Atlanta metro area and holds cities like Marietta, Smyrna, Kennesaw, Acworth and borders 5 counties including Fulton County , Douglass County and Paulding County . The Census Bureau has even ranked Cobb County as top 12 most educated counties and top 100 most wealthiest, which may be a reason why there seems to be a lot of burglaries in the county.  In the eyes of a criminal, wealthy people normally mean more and better things to steal. Check out the Cobb County map with only burglaries showing Now, check out the map with burglaries in the past week in the Mableton area . About more than half of the burglaries were forced entry, which most likely means the criminals scoped out the home/building before breaking a window or damaging a door to enter, similar to what this cri...

SpotCrime has the ability to create heat maps of shootings for a specific city.  The heat map will show more 'heat' where ever a shooting has occurred.  If there are multiple shootings in an area, the 'heat' will be more intense. Check out the SpotCrime heat map of Savannah, GA shootings . Now, check out the Savannah heat map with push pins where the shootings occurred. The Savannah areas with a lot of shootings are 'hotter' or more yellow than the other areas. With this map, it is easy to see where most of the shootings occur in Savannah .  This is pretty cool and very informing.  It looks like most fire power is released just south of the Savannah Historic District .   Want more information on what occurs in your Savannah area?  Check out SpotCrime or MyLocalCrime .  Sign up for your local Savannah crime alerts .  Stay aware, stay safe!

SpotCrime has added recent data from the Buffalo, NY PD to the SpotCrime Buffalo map! Our endeavor to find a public outlet for up-to-date crime information from the BPD has proved very hard, but we aren't giving up! This recent data set we've added has data from January 1, 2011 - June 5, 2011.  Use the date range search option to search for crime in the first half of this year.  You can also search by keyword, address and crime type. We have put in a request to the Buffalo Police Department for more data, so if you're interested in crime that occurs in your Buffalo area, contact the department and let them know about us.  Also, be sure to sign up for your Buffalo SpotCrime alert.  An alert will be sent to your email when the map is updated. Want to see up to date data on SpotCrime or MyLocalCrime  for your area?  Contact your local PD and let them know about us.  We will map your city and send alerts -- all for free! ...

You can now see what crime incidents occur in Duluth, GA ! Duluth is a suburb of Atlanta located in the northern part of the Atlanta metropolitan region .  The population is approx 27k and is the second largest city in Gwinnett County . In 2008 it was named Best Affordable Suburb in Georgia by BusinessWeek and in 2009, Duluth was ranked 26th by Forbes as one of the best places to live in America!  Now they make their crime data publicly available, what a great city! SpotCrime is mapping Duluth with the help of the Duluth police department .  When you check out the maps at SpotCrime or MyLocalCrime , you can see that there are quite a few 'other' icons.  If you hover over the 'other' icons, it shows mostly that a suspicious person was reported.  Residents have been doing a great job keeping an eye out for crime! You can also check out the map at WXIA 11Alive .  And you can even stay up to date on Duluth news at WXIA by changin...