Thank you for visiting the Detroit Police Department’s new interactive
online crime mapping system, CrimeView Community. For the first time
ever in the department’s history, reported crime activity is available
to the public by way of easy-to-use maps. Our maps provide information
within specific geographic boundaries throughout in the city of Detroit
on types of crimes and the time period that these crimes occurred.
This
feature may be of particular interest to members of community groups
and neighborhood watches who now have the ability to obtain public
safety information whenever they like, as often as they like.
Awareness
is the first step toward prevention. It is our belief that the crime
mapping function included in our updated website will allow residents
to keep an eye on neighborhood crime. Our online crime mapping system
is part of an on-going effort of the Detroit Police Department to help
keep the public informed, encourage community involvement, and build a
safer community.
Since crime is influenced by a variety of
factors and investigations of reported crime continuously evolve, the
Detroit Police Department discourages data users from performing
comparative analysis betweens districts, neighborhoods, or any other
division of the city based solely on the information provided in
interactive crime mapping system. CrimeView Community is not a tool
designed for comparative analysis.
The Detroit Police
Department is pleased to provide this valuable public resource that
will strengthen the partnership between community and police. This new
endeavor is a work in progress and will continue to develop. We are
very much interested in hearing suggestions or general comments on how
to improve our crime mapping system. Your feedback is very important to
us. Please send suggestions on how we might improve our website in
order to better serve your needs to
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