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 | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | This dataset is updated monthly and is up to date. |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | Export options are located on each datasets main page and data view page. |
| In an open format | CSV, JSON, RDF, TSV, XLS, XML | RSS, API, and Odata are also available. |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Begin at https://opendata.lasvegasnevada.gov/, click on the raw data tile (top left tile), in the search bar search for “police”, results will display the dataset, click on the dataset for information, click on view data to see the complete dataset. | |
| licence_url | https://opendata.lasvegasnevada.gov/dataset/Open-Data-P | If URL is blank please refer to https://opendata.lasvegasnevada.gov/dataset/Open-Data-Policy/fzgv-7d28 Section 3 Web Portal for public domain statement. |
| Collected by government | Yes | Data is collected by the city of Las Vegas from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Data is collected by the city of Las Vegas from the Las Vegas Metropolitan 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, Narrative information | Incident type can be found in the [type] field. Narrative information can be found in the [Type Description] field. |
| location | https://opendata.lasvegasnevada.gov/dataset/Open-Data-P - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police calls for service |
