SpotCrime Makes Database of 15 Million Crime Records Available to the Public

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help reduce crime by identifying crime patterns as well as new methods of prevention, SpotCrime – the most comprehensive online single source for crime data – is making its historical database of crime data from when the company was founded in 2007 to 2009 available to anyone who asks, free of charge.

“The requester’s email address otherwise will not be used in any manner.”

Comprised of approximately 8 million crime records from around the United States, Canada, and the UK, the data set is approximately one gigabyte of data. Data includes the type of crime, location including latitude and longitude coordinates, date, time, description, and referral source for the data.