Opencrimemapping.org: An Online Tool for Visualizing Crime

Authors

Michael Crowder, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Lauren Darr, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Gerardo Garza, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Brent Allen, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow

Abstract

In this paper we present a method for creating geographic visualizations of criminal incidents using open data and open-source software. The motivation for this method is to provide law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and interested citizens an affordable and relatively easy way to start analyzing geospatial data. The National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is a national standard for LEA incident reporting going into effect for all 18,000 U.S. LEAs in 2021. This project uses the Dallas Police Department's publicly available, NIBRS-style, incident data to develop a geovisual analysis tool called opencrimemapping.org.

Recommended Citation

Crowder, Michael; Darr, Lauren; Garza, Gerardo; and Allen, Brent (2018) "Opencrimemapping.org: An Online Tool for Visualizing Crime," SMU Data Science Review: Vol. 1: No. 3, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholar.smu.edu/datasciencereview/vol1/iss3/11

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