Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping

Crime analysis is an important process whether conducting a security assessment, testifying as an expert witness, or simply conducting due diligence as a business owner.  Obtaining this information has varying degrees of difficulty depending on the manner in which local law enforcement maintains the information.  If crime data is available and can be formatted into an Excel spreadsheet, there is a easy, quick and free solution on the web to map the various locations:   www.batchgeocode.com.

The fully interactive map (click link below) below was created through the Batchgeocode website.  This map shows only two crime types, murder and rape, as an example.  The map will calculate the distance from the first address listed on the spreadsheet to all other addresses listed.  This is helpful if trying to determine a radius of crime from a specific location.  There will also be a list of the crimes under the map that can be clicked on to show the location of that specific incident.  If your map has an excess of 35 crimes, the list at the bottom will not appear.  The list only displays in the web page mode.

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=646f261596fd362dab4d44232f5aaf27

These maps create an excellent court exhibit for visual presentation and can be shown "live" through any internet connection.  We would be interested in hearing from other users if other adaptations have been developed using the same web site.  Google Maps has similar mapping capabilities but there is some programming required.  If you have questions regarding the creation of these maps please click here to email your questions.