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 | Posted by year |
| Up-to-date | Yes | Data for the current year is updated daily. Previous years are posted individually. |
| Available free online | Yes | Freely available however option to create an ArcGIS Online account in order to build web maps using ArcGIS Online. |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, GeoJSON, KML, SHP | Also available as GeoService and OGC WMS |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Search keyword 'crime' in https://opendata.dc.gov | |
| licence_url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| Collected by government | Yes | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Government of the District of Columbia | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov |
| 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://opendata.dc.gov/datasets?q=crime - DC Gov Open Data DC |
