Another question we real estate agents aren't allowed to go anywhere near is "is this a safe neighborhood?" Sure, we know, and no, we can't say anything. Lame. That's why I was psyched when I saw a write up on TechCrunch about a website called SpotCrime.
Go to SpotCrime, select your city, and you'll be shown an interactive Google map that will show you at a glance where crimes such as arson, assault and theft have occurred within a time period of your choosing. You can also search specific addresses to check out crime on a neighborhood level.
TechCrunch says that for most areas, SpotCrime gets 90% of its information from police reports, but only if that information is made public. From looking at the Knoxville map, it looks like Knoxville is one of the areas where they are only pulling information from local news stories. While this is better than nothing, I'd love to see a fully functional version for our town.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Another Cool Tool: SpotCrime
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This is a cool tool, but agree that the information seems to be incomplete. There are no Knox county data on the map, that I could see for the past year.
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