tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904462089713559112.post797194526634079548..comments2023-10-31T14:52:54.922+00:00Comments on GIScussions: Pinpointing CrmeStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027329503460961288noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904462089713559112.post-23962062770562297552008-07-27T08:38:00.000+00:002008-07-27T08:38:00.000+00:00ChristopherI think we agree.We need a national dat...Christopher<BR/><BR/>I think we agree.<BR/><BR/>We need a national database which drives a standard approach to recording stats and would allow meaningful comparisons. The current situation which each force deciding what to publish and at what level of granularity and currency is not ideal.<BR/><BR/>Data sharing between emergency services is another topic but i would imagine that the police would be happy to at least share the data they are willing to make public through some form of interface.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027329503460961288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904462089713559112.post-63132847212761611542008-07-25T20:32:00.000+00:002008-07-25T20:32:00.000+00:00Unfortunately we're dealing with a public service ...Unfortunately we're dealing with a public service that can't even introduce a nation-wide database system.<BR/><BR/>They need to sort out their base infrstructure now, and then start thinking about analysis. All police forces store their data according to different conventions, any analysis on inconsistent data is bunk.<BR/><BR/>You'd have one police force proudly displaying their reduced crime dates and another one claiming that they'd cooked the books.<BR/><BR/>Lets not even talk about the fact that the Police and Ambulance services don't even share data...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904462089713559112.post-91072304126065718692008-07-23T16:12:00.000+00:002008-07-23T16:12:00.000+00:00CharlesReading through the interview transcript at...Charles<BR/><BR/>Reading through the interview transcript at http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=200 it seems that Brian Paddick is suggesting that the principal way that the crime maps would impact on crime levels is through peer review rather than public scrutiny.<BR/><BR/>If there was a national site that accumulated and where appropriate aggregated crime statistics people would not only be able to understand trends in their neighbourhood but would also be able to benchmark one force against another - would be powerful for the Home office as well.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027329503460961288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904462089713559112.post-86459271161845966402008-07-23T13:00:00.000+00:002008-07-23T13:00:00.000+00:00All good points, Steve, especially about how anony...All good points, Steve, especially about how anonymised a (for example) postcode would be.<BR/><BR/>But I'd take issue with this: "I do not believe that the reluctance to publish detailed information by the police service is part of an effort to avoid being held accountable."<BR/><BR/>Well, there's definitely resistance among police forces to have their crime stats revealed even to each other; Brian Paddick explained as much on the Today programme (there's a transcript on the Free Our Data blog).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889058585755189801noreply@blogger.com