U.S. City Open Data Census
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Open crime data helps communities make informed judgements about public safety, as well as providing transparency into how local police power is being exercised. For U.S. City Open Data Census purposes, crime report data should include at a minimum the following elements: date, time, location, incident type, and narrative information — best would be exact date, location, and type of crime, but per day per street or postal/zip code are acceptable for Census purposes. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | There are 4 data sets specific to: 1. Incidents 2. Arrests 3. Calls for service 4. Summarized crime data by district |
| Up-to-date | No | Incidents data was last updated 2 weeks ago Summary data is updated weekly. Arrests and calls for service data is updated monthly. |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, TSV, XML | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | I googled 'Baltimore crime data' and went to the third result. | |
| licence_url | https://www.baltimorecity.gov/node/2020 | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Baltimore Police Department | |
| characteristics | Date and time, Location (may be coordinates or addresses; addresses may be at the block level, such as “5XX Main Street”), Incident type | |
| location | href="https://www.baltimorepolice.org/crime-stats/open-data" https://www.baltimorepolice.org/crime-stats/open-data">rel="nofollow">https://www.baltimorepolice.org/crime-stats/open-data - Data directly from BPD, https://data.baltimorecity.gov/browse?category=Crime - BPD Data on Baltimore's open data portal |