CLEARmap - Chicago Police Department
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Chicago Police Department Bureau of Administrative Services GIS Group 3510 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60653 http://gis.chicagopolice.org [email protected] CLEAR MAP Mayor of Chicago Superintendent of Police Mayor of Chicago Superintendent of Police THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED THIS WEB APPLICATION TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO WITH A TOOL TO ASSIST THEM IN PROBLEM-SOLVING AND COMBATING CRIME AND DISORDER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS BASED UPON THE CLEAR (CITIZEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYSIS AND REPORTING) SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE BY ITS POLICE OFFICERS. THIS WEB APPLICATION ENABLES YOU TO SEARCH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DATABASE OF REPORTED CRIME. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE CHOROPLETH MAPS AND TABLES OF REPORTED CRIME SUMMARIZED INTO CATEGORIES. THE CRIME CATEGORIES ARE SUMMARIZED BY POLICE BEAT & DISTRICT, WARD, COMMUNITY AREA AND CENSUS TRACT. THE DATABASE CONTAINS 1 YEAR OF INFORMATION WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS IN BLOCKS OF 90, 180, 270 AND 365 DAYS. DATA IS REFRESHED DAILY. THE SUMMARY COUNTS REPORTED ON THIS SITE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL CPD STATISTICS. CLEARMAP CLEARMAP gis.chicagopolice.org Chicago’s Interactive Crime Summary for Query by Citizens SUMMARIZE BY COMMUNITY AREA Police District Census Tract Community Area Police Beat Ward
Transcript of CLEARmap - Chicago Police Department
Chicago Police Department
Bureau of Administrative ServicesGIS Group
3510 S Michigan AveChicago, IL 60653
http://[email protected]
C L E A R M A P
M a y o r o f C h i c a g o
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f P o l i c e
M a y o r o f C h i c a g o
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f P o l i c e
THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED THIS WEB APPLICATION TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO WITH A TOOL TO ASSIST THEM IN PROBLEM-SOLVING AND COMBATING CRIME AND DISORDER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS BASED UPON THE CLEAR (CITIZEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYSIS AND REPORTING) SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE BY ITS POLICE OFFICERS.
THIS WEB APPLICATION ENABLES YOU TO SEARCH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DATABASE OF REPORTED CRIME. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE CHOROPLETH MAPS AND TABLES OF REPORTED CRIME SUMMARIZED INTO CATEGORIES. THE CRIME CATEGORIES ARE SUMMARIZED BY POLICE BEAT & DISTRICT, WARD, COMMUNITY AREA AND CENSUS TRACT. THE DATABASE CONTAINS 1 YEAR OF INFORMATION WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS IN BLOCKS OF 90, 180, 270 AND 365 DAYS. DATA IS REFRESHED DAILY.
THE SUMMARY COUNTS REPORTED ON THIS SITE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL CPD STATISTICS.
CLEARMAP
CLEARMAPgis.chicagopolice.org
Chicago’s Interactive Crime Summary for Query by Citizens
SUMMARIZE BY COMMUNITY AREA
Police District
Census TractCommunity Area
Police Beat Ward
LAUNCH MAP!
Select the geography used to summarize the crime data. There
are five summary geographies; Police Beats, Police Districts,
Wards, Community Areas and Census Tracts.
Select the crime category of interest. The crime data has been
aggregated into several categories, enabling the user to focus
on specific crime types and groups. These categories include
All Crime, Index Crime (more serious), Non-Index Crime (less
serious), Violent and Property Crime and 26 categories based
on the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System
(NIBRS) such as Homicides, Criminal Sexual Assaults and
Robberies.
Select the desired timeframe. There are four timeframes the
user can choose from, the past 90, 180, 270 and 365 days.
These ranges are akin to the past 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
Click the button.
The Crime Summary map will open in a new browser window.
It’s recommended that Tabbed Browsing not be used with any
CLEARMAP web application.
4 E A S Y S T E P S CLEARMAPTURN OFF POP-UP BLOCKERS!This site uses pop-ups. Please, disable all pop-up
blockers when using the map. Failure to comply will
make the map inoperable.
MINIMUM SCREEN RESOLUTION
Recommend minimum screen resolution is 1024 x 768.
Use a higher resolution if possible for better results. A
resolution of 800 x 600 will cause the map display to be
small and unreadable.
SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS
Firefox 1.5 & 2.0
Internet Explorer 6.0 & 7.0
Netscape Communicator 8.1
JAVASCRIPT MUST BE ENABLED
USE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS
I M P O R T A N T I N F OCOOL FEATURES
CRIME SUMMARY LEGENDThe map divides the summary countsinto four ranges denoted by four colorson the map. The dynamic ranges are calculated using the nested meansmethod.
CITYWIDE CRIME SUMMARY STATISTICSStatistics are calculated each time a crime category is selected.
CRIME SUMMARY TABLEThe counts are automatically rankedand sorted in descending order. Theuser can sort the table by any column.Clicking on a geography will auto-zoomto that location. When viewing CensusTract data, clicking the Tract number will also display Census data for that Tract regarding population and economic indicators.
ZOOM TO ADDRESSAllows users to quickly zoom to a specific address. Use a complete address for better results. Include direction andstreet type.
MAPLINK e Creates an encoded URL link that can be emailed.The URL stores the current map parameters. Thisfeature can help facilitate discussion about crimein a particular area of the City.
CRIME STOPPERS ÁA STOP sign icon on the map indicates a Crime Stopper alert. Mouseover the icon to view an image of the Wanted poster. Click the image to open a .pdf document for printing.
F E E D B A C K
WHAT DO YOU THINK?Please, contact us if you have any questions, comments
or suggestions regarding this web application.
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CRIMECHICAGO POLICESUMMARY
STEP 1: STEP 1: SUMMARIZE BY:
STEP 2: STEP 2: CATEGORY:
STEP 3: STEP 3: TIMEFRAME:
STEP 4:STEP 4: CLICK:
