Crime data provision
Crime per Hectare – a new metric for subscribers
UKCrimeStats is excited to now offer subscribers a new metric – Crime per Hectare. To explain; In the history of crime statistics. First came total crime per given area. The shortcoming of this were that areas varied hugely in size and … Continue reading
Experimenting with design layout . . .
Let us know your thoughts on crime@economicpolicycentre.com – we had no choice really as most people now access this site by mobile and tablet we have now added a google searchbox – our bespoke searchbox is still available further down the page … Continue reading
All postcodes now with 0.5 and 0.25 mile radius crime calculations
Today, most Britons live at relatively high population density in an urban environment and don’t move around that much on foot from where they live or work. A mile can actually cover very different neighbourhoods or include hotspots that may have … Continue reading
Crime data now updated to May 2015
Property data for May 2015 will be updated shortly too. We’ve also fixed a couple of bugs that creeped in; i) http://ukcrimestats.com/LSOA/ – the report and export generating function is now working flawlessly ii) http://ukcrimestats.com/MembersArea/Analysis/ (only visible to subscribers) – this page … Continue reading
Guest post by Quentin Hanley: Using Taylor’s Law to reveal potential crime data manipulation
There is a relationship, Taylor’s Law, that has the potential to reveal crime data manipulation. This is useful considering Tom Winsor of HMIC told the Home Affairs Select Committee last year, that the questions of whether officers are fiddling data … Continue reading
3 year anniversary – now updated to December 2013
UKCrimeStats is now updated to December 2013. We now have 37 months of data and over 3 calendar years. Since the very beginning, we’ve made huge strides and with your support, will continue to do so. If you like what … Continue reading
All England and Wales postcodes now matched automatically to LSOAs and MSOAs
This has been running for a while but I realised it was time to tell you. Here at UKCrimeStats, we make lots of incremental improvements all the time – so much work goes into this platform. So, if you type … Continue reading
Northern Ireland crime data now added from September 2011
We now have monthly Northern Ireland Crime data stretching back to September 2011. Here is the Police Service of Northern Ireland page. We have also added postcode sector and postcode districts for Northern Ireland so you can see crime data for … Continue reading
Launch of Postcode Data Generator – up to 5,000 postcodes at once
Today we launch our Postcode Data Generator; http://www.ukcrimestats.com/PostcodeTool/ Costing just £19.95 for up to 5,000 postcodes, the PDG is the cost-effective choice for Insurance Companies, Academics, Security Analysts, Police Crime Commissioners, Journalists, Estate Agents, Geospatial Analysts, Policy Professionals and Everyday People. … Continue reading