Crimereports.com provides mapping, data, and analytics for more than 700 law enforcement agency jurisdictions. The service is provided free because of the monetary support provided by the local law enforcement agencies covered. An easy search and a few clicks of the mouse will allow the browser to map crime reports by different types, such as assault, public intoxication, and burglary. Maps can show reported incidents by a user selected date range (e.g., 3, 7, 14 30 days or a unique selected date range) and frequency intervals (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly).
In addition, crimeports.com provides analytical reports with crime statistics. For instance, the following are a bar and pie chart of crime reported by the Sandy Springs Police Department for the month of January 2009. Potentially, total crime could look high in Sandy Springs, but a quick look at the charts indicates that non-violent crime is much less frequent than traffic violations and theft. While traffic violations do not seem an important piece of information, a high rate of violations could signal higher auto insurance rates or a need to be very cautious while driving through the area so that speeding tickets or other moving violations are not incurred.
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[/caption]Some disadvantages of crimereports.com:
- Comparative benchmarks on the national or state level are not available;
- Comparisons of one geography to another must be done manually; and
- Reporting coverage is not 100%; for instance, statistics for only select areas of the Atlanta metro are available.
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