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 | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, HTML, JSON, RDF, TSV, XLS, XML | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Search "santa monica crime incidents data", click fifth result | |
| licence_url | https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Santa Monica 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://data.smgov.net/Public-Safety/Police-Incidents/kn6p-4y74" https://data.smgov.net/Public-Safety/Police-Incidents/k">rel="nofollow">https://data.smgov.net/Public-Safety/Police-Incidents/k - The Santa Monica Police Department Incident information includes crime and incident reports. The Incident information provided on the Open Data portal dates back to January 1, 2006 and is updated daily. The Police Department continues to provide an online crime mapping system that offers the ability to include data from other surrounding agencies and establish e-mail alerts to crimes in specific areas. |
