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 | There was data from the previous day was available at the time this information was filled out. |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, JSON, RDF, TSV, XML | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Searched "miami-dade county data", clicked first link, clicked "Catalog" at the bottom of the page, searched "crime" | |
| licence_url | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legal | This is also on the homepage for the Miami-Dade open data portal https://www8.miamidade.gov/global/footer/liability-disclaimer.asp |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Miami-Dade County Corrections | |
| 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 | https://www.miamidade.gov/corrections/ - This data set includes daily Miami-Dade Corrections jail bookings from May 29, 2015 to current., https://opendata.miamidade.gov/Corrections/Jail-Booking - This is the actual data. |
