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General Tech related stuff from my web surfing adventures
Friday 15 August 2008, 2:49 PM
Crime statistics Web 2.0
As promised by pre-election Boris Johnson, the trials of interactive crime maps are currently up and running aiming for official release in September.
The website found here http://maps.met.police.uk/ uses customised Google maps, focused on London with each borough with a colour coded rating system. Currently this rating is based on months of data and currently only houses information burglary, robbery and vehicle crimes.
Once clicked each area displays a pop-up that gives 3 tabs of data, the first shows the current crime rate for the last 2 months and if the figure has increased or decreased. The second tab compares the selected area with the Met figure (I’m guessing average as there isn't any clear indicator of what this figure is). The last tab gives the yearly Trend for the selected area for the last 3 years.
I guess it's a matter of time before any success this type of site will produce can be realised, but considering that this is only a demonstration of the planned idea, a good overall effort I feel.
The website found here http://maps.met.police.uk/ uses customised Google maps, focused on London with each borough with a colour coded rating system. Currently this rating is based on months of data and currently only houses information burglary, robbery and vehicle crimes.
Once clicked each area displays a pop-up that gives 3 tabs of data, the first shows the current crime rate for the last 2 months and if the figure has increased or decreased. The second tab compares the selected area with the Met figure (I’m guessing average as there isn't any clear indicator of what this figure is). The last tab gives the yearly Trend for the selected area for the last 3 years.
I guess it's a matter of time before any success this type of site will produce can be realised, but considering that this is only a demonstration of the planned idea, a good overall effort I feel.
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That's an interesting map, but it does need a couple more months' data to settle down. Looking around my area in London, I'm struck by the impression it gives of change.
At the moment, every subward I looked at has "changed" changed up or down, between the two months' data posted - my subward is average. I guess the stats may be more useful at the borough level now - in which case Lambeth will be disappointed.
