Crime Maps
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7 Jun 2011Real estate site Trulia has created crime maps which let you see how violent different neighborhoods are based on data from CrimeReports.com, EveryBlock.com and SpotCrime.com. Below is Philadelphia:
by comparison, here is a similar map produced by the DC metropolitan police department, except this one is a visual piece of crap:
Below is one of the same area produced by spotcrime.com, which I like because it uses cute little little fists, burglars, and spray paint icons:
and for most disturbing map, we have this one from crimereports.com, which in addition to detailed crime information, includes pop-up pictures of registered sex offenders in your neighborhood.
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2 Responses to Crime Maps
liz
June 7th, 2011 at 17:56
have you seen these great maps done through a partnership with the Oakland Police Department and the Urban Strategies Council? http://www.infoalamedacounty.org/index.php/Research/Crime-Safety/Crime-Research/Oakland-Police-Department-Crime-Analysis-Partnership.html
v. cool stuff
Sun
June 8th, 2011 at 12:07
I’d like to see the crime as a percentage of the day and night population for an area. I looked at my neighborhood. There’s not a lot of crime in my residential (no people), but the big avenue down the street does. But there are also a lot of people there, so you’d expect more mischief to be going on.