Street Level Crime Maps for Ireland

Purchasing a property is the biggest financial decision that most people will make.
Having full information or as much as possible before making this decision will allow people to make better decisions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_information

Why are crime statistics not made available on a per station basis?
Would you use them to help you decide on purchasing a property?



http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/police/street-level-crime-maps/

When you input your postcode, town, village or street, you’ll have instant access to street-level crime maps and data, as well as details of your local policing team and beat meetings.

You will also be able to find out how the police are tackling the problems in your area, and what you can do to help. The street-level crime map identifies types of crime including:

burglary
criminal damage and arson
drugs
other theft
public disorder and possession of weapons
shoplifting
robbery
vehicle crime
violent crime
antisocial behaviour (ASB)
other crime
all crime

Why create street-level maps?

Police.uk is a key part of the government’s wider policing and justice reform agenda which seeks to increase the transparency and accountability of the criminal justice system (CJS). The police no longer look to government for their targets and priorities but rather to local communities and the police and crime commissioner who will represent their community. Crime maps, along with access to crime and justice data and the introduction of police and crime commissioners, will help the public to hold their local police and other public services to account.

Different example from the US.
http://www.crimemapping.com/map.aspx?aid=3db8cf99-a73b-46d2-b218-bd24cf491577

The US one shows crimes like burglaries with the address included while the UK does a street by street view rather than specific houses.

Victor

The problem in creating such a map here is that we have an under-developed post code system for map these crimes.

By the way, I suggest that you don't live with family or friends - these are the people most likely to kill you.

Most of our addresses come up in google maps so that could be used. It wouldn`t need to be as detailed as the LA map.

Victor

Deleted User wrote: »

Most of our addresses come up in google maps so that could be used. It wouldn`t need to be as detailed as the LA map.

Google Maps is a very blunt instrument. On average it is right, but it detail it can be very wrong.

Lets take some roads in the Marino area in Dublin City.

Road Length (km)
Croydon Park Avenue 0.458
Croydon Terrace 0.099
Fairview Avenue Lower 0.162
Fairview Avenue Upper 0.181
Fairview Court 0.000
Fairview Green 0.253
Fairview Terrace 0.107
Haverty Road 0.191
Malahide Road 6.000
Marino Green 0.338
Marino Park 0.430
Marino Park Avenue 0.140
Merville Avenue 0.224
Morrogh Terrace 0.050
Philipsburgh Terrace 0.317
Shelmartin Avenue 0.560

In fairness An Garda Siochana should have a spatial database to analyse the huge amounts of data they gather.