Though apparently it has been up for at least a year, I just discovered today an interesting public project - Durham Crime Mapper. As a resident of Durham, I think this site will be extremely valuable in forming a picture of the true nature of safety and crime in the area.
I viewed maps for the whole city and for a 1/2 mile around my address, and found the results interesting. I'm fortunate enough to live in an area where there were only 36 crimes of the types listed for the last 13 months with none of them being homicide, rape, or arson - and only 8 were assault.
My only two complaints about the map are I wish on a mouse-over a message would appear describing the date and type of crime commited and that the the line graph used whole numbers instead of fractions on the axis. It would be easier to see there was only 7 of something instead of having to remember that 7 is the closest whole number below the 7.783 line, unless fractions of a crime are being committed.
Posted by shs4 at February 28, 2004 04:05 PM | TrackBack