Comments on: Online Crime Data for Charlottesville and Albemarle http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/03/17/online-crime-data-for-charlottesville-and-albemarle/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Scott Pershing http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/03/17/online-crime-data-for-charlottesville-and-albemarle/#comment-26102 Scott Pershing Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:52:13 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/03/17/online-crime-data-for-charlottesville-and-albemarle/#comment-26102 Jim, I agree with you I like Spotcrime's interface better. Am I missing something but it appears that the data is incomplete. Looking across both systems it appears that assaults are under reported on the Albemarle system as opposed to Spotcrime. For example there was an assault on 1/29/2009 on Ivy Rd that shows up on Spotcrime that doesn't show up on the Albemarle system. Is this due to which police department responded? And looking at the speeding tickets they don't seem to be appearing completely in the system either. I guess it is a good first step. You asked how much it costs this is from crimereports web site: <blockquote> Is it free to join? CrimeReports is free to the public, and includes automated email crime alerts. Law enforcement agencies can sign up for a nominal monthly subscription fee in order to publish any and all crime and call data they wish to share. Fees range from $49 per month to $199 per month, depending on the population residing in the agency's jurisdiction.</blockquote> Jim, I agree with you I like Spotcrime’s interface better.

Am I missing something but it appears that the data is incomplete. Looking across both systems it appears that assaults are under reported on the Albemarle system as opposed to Spotcrime. For example there was an assault on 1/29/2009 on Ivy Rd that shows up on Spotcrime that doesn’t show up on the Albemarle system. Is this due to which police department responded?

And looking at the speeding tickets they don’t seem to be appearing completely in the system either.

I guess it is a good first step. You asked how much it costs this is from crimereports web site:

Is it free to join?
CrimeReports is free to the public, and includes automated email crime alerts. Law enforcement agencies can sign up for a nominal monthly subscription fee in order to publish any and all crime and call data they wish to share. Fees range from $49 per month to $199 per month, depending on the population residing in the agency’s jurisdiction.

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