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Crime data and how to use it

Crime data and how to use it

A resident of West Bridgford in Nottingham (who happens also to be a non-executive director of our company) sent us a message with a link. His message (about crime data) was “Seen this?  Is it good?”. This is what he referred to;  it’s an initiative...

The crime map and 18 million visitors

“Crime maps are ‘worse than useless’, claim developers” cried one Guardian headline. “Police map of crime: the data is richer and more useful” cried another. As with all of these things, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. The criticism that makes the data...