CrimeReports.com
Click here to view the Westminster Police Department CrimeReports.com Media Release
Why should community members use CrimeReports.com?
Community members can access neighborhood crime data in near-real time, empowering them to make informed decisions to avoid becoming victims and to prevent and reduce crime.
How does CrimeReports.com work?
Participating law enforcement agencies publish local crime incident data in near real-time to CrimeReports.com, converting raw crime data into easily accessible, actionable information for community members.
How do community members receive information about criminal activity in their neighborhoods?
Community members can visit www.CrimeReports.com any time to view crime incident reports for any participating jurisdiction. Based on the type of data the agency chooses to make available, community members can also sign up to receive daily, weekly or monthly email alerts regarding criminal activity and police dispatch calls for service in their neighborhoods. The majority of crime and call incident records are available indefinitely on CrimeReports.com.
Is it free to join?
CrimeReports is free to the public, and includes automated email crime alerts.
How do community members sign up to receive email crime alerts?
Community members can sign up for the service by clicking HERE. The only information users need to create an account are a valid address and an email address.
How often is the data updated?
CrimeReports.com data is automatically updated on a daily basis.
How can users access crime information for their areas of interest?
CrimeReports.com is a community-facing Web application, and as such, emphasizes the user experience. A CrimeReports.com user simply enters an address of interest (home, office, school, etc.) and clicks on "Get Report" to see criminal activity in a given area on an easy-to-use map interface. The CrimeReports.com Web application also integrates data from multiple agencies into a single interface and offers automated, location-based alerting services.
What information is available?
CrimeReports enables participating law enforcement agencies to manage and control their own data and determine what information they deem appropriate to share with the public. However, we categorize crime incidents into general crime type categories and subcategories of crime and calls for service activity, including:
- Assault
- Breaking & Entering
- Homicide
- Property Crimes: Destruction of Property, Trespassing
- Quality of Life: Disorder, Liquor, Drugs
- Robbery
- Sex Offense: Sexual Assault, Other Sexual Offense
- Theft
- Traffic Violations: DUI, Driving While Suspended/Revoked, Motor Vehicle Violations
- Theft from Vehicle
- Vehicle Recovery
- Theft of Vehicle
Each of these terms is searchable on its own, allowing the user to determine what type of criminal activity they would like to be informed of.
How do you keep victim information private?
Law enforcement agencies remove victim identification as part of the data publishing process. In addition, we help protect victim identities by converting the exact street addresses to the "block level". For example, the address "1486 Lincoln Avenue" would be mapped and displayed as "1400 block of Lincoln Avenue."