Guardian: Technology: Interactive crime maps for everyone by Christmas, says Home Office

Posted on 28 July, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Home office press release: "Every neighbourhood in England and Wales will have access to the latest local crime information through new interactive crime maps, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced today."

Free Our Data: the blog: Crime mappers are doing it for themselves

Posted on 19 July, 2008 by Martin Stabe

The Metropolitan Police may not be releasing crime data, but that's not stopping some people from developing UK crime maps.

CapeCodTimes.com: Mapping crime online

Posted on 13 July, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"This week, the police department unveiled a computerized mapping program that allows the public to track police calls, from assaults to excessive noise calls, through a digital map posted on the department Web site..."

Google Maps Mania: More Crime on Google Maps

Posted on 11 July, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"The Banjax Crime Map is a map of crime in Northern Ireland. The data for the map comes from the Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service (NINIS)."

thelondonpaper: Boris’s London crime map hits a stumbling block over privacy issues

Posted on 25 June, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"It is understood [mayor Boris] Johnson is trying to get round the setback [to his crime mapping plan] by tailoring the scheme to satisfy the [infomration commissoner]".

Free Our Data: Crime mapping coming more widely as government gets on board

Posted on 19 June, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"New guidance will mean that there will be more crime mapping: a paper published by the Cabinet Office ... notes ... that 'Police forces are due to provide standardised local information on crime, starting from Summer 2008 ...'"

Free Our Data: BBC’s iPM looks at crime mapping in Chicago

Posted on 19 June, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Ah yes, the fear of knowing too much. Why don’t we just buy houses without ever seeing them? Why do we bother getting them surveyed? If house prices are affected, might it not also push up prices in places that don’t have crime?"

BBC Radio 4: iPM: Mapping Crime: Lessons from Chicago

Posted on 14 June, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Chris Vallance talks to the Everyblock team about Boris Johnson's plan to introduce crime mapping to London.

ASBODATA: Detailed Asbo Packs about Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain

Posted on 14 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

A new site that compiles public record data about crime and anti-social behaviour at particular locations - for a fee. Targeted at house buyers, but would obviously be a good hyperlocal news product as well.

Plymouth Herald: Homebuyers will no longer have to wait until they move in to find out whether they have the ‘neighbours from hell’.

Posted on 14 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Four Plymouth lawyers have launched a nationwide service that will tell you how safe and pleasant your new street is. For a fee of under £100 they will do an anti-social behaviour version of the traditional structural survey..."

Free Our Data: Crime mapping for London, Boris? We’ll start the clock now

Posted on 5 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Boris Johnson vowed to introduce street-level crime mapping in London "on day one". Where's our mashup dataset, Boris?

Conservative Party: Introducing crime mapping to the UK

Posted on 26 April, 2008 by Martin Stabe

The Conservative Party is calling for UK police forces to publish online crime maps accurate to street level or even less. The lack of availability of such data has long held up crime mapping experiments in UK newsrooms...

Google Maps Mania: Crime on Google Maps: London Crime Map

Posted on 23 April, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Several examples of the crime map genre, including a Borough-level crime map of London.

Online Journalism Review: Not just a homicide map

Posted on 16 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Two Oakland Tribune Web producers have won acclaim for their interactive community project, 'Not Just A Number.'"

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