SpotCrime - Know Your Neighborhood, now with Augmented Reality

SpotCrime is the iPhone application from SpotCrime.com, and is the first crime application to use Augmented Reality technology to give you a visual sense of where crime is happening around you now!

Using the compass, accelerometer, and camera in the iPhone 3GS, SpotCrime gives you a realtime view of the streets and city around you, overlaid with specific crime incidents as depicted with bold, colorful icons. Want to know whether it's safe to walk down a particular street? Aim SpotCrime at it and know right away!

For Your Location, Or Anywhere

By using the iPhone's GPS to find your location, SpotCrime displays recent crime activity around your current location, or any address you specify. Crime incidents are displayed with icons representing different types of crimes including shooting, robbery, assault, theft, burglary, arson and vandalism.

Identify high crime areas in the areas you are traveling, and get specific details of the crime events by selecting individual incidents. Are you traveling to a new and want to get a sense of the crime activity? SpotCrime can help you get a sense of the neighborhood and generate your own personalized crime report.

Unique "Safety and Security" Scores for Your Area

SpotCrime features a unique "Safety and Security" scoring system wherever we have data available. Using a proprietary algorithm, we compute a relative safety and security index for each location you want to explore. High scores (closer to 100) indicate lower risk. We also provide an "accuracy" score that will give you a sense of how accurate the safety and security scores are. It's a great way to know your surroundings!

Coverage and Source of Data

Through our proprietary sourcing model, SpotCrime pulls crime incident data from multiple sources including state and local police departments as well as validated news sources to provide a comprehensive record of local crime information.

We have coverage in hundreds of jurisdictions in North America as well as in several cities in Europe. More areas are being added daily.

Crime Classifications

Theft - Property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent
Burglary - Breaking and entering a building illegally for the purpose of committing a crime in that building
Robbery - Using force or intimidation to take property away from a person in the presence of that person
Assault - Attempt or threat to use violence with the intent to do harm to another
Arson - Setting fire to a building or property of another or the burning of one's own property to collect insurance
Shooting - Firing a weapon in order to hit, wound, or kill
Vandalism - Intentional destruction of or damage to the property of another
Arrest - Seizure of an alleged or suspected offender to answer for a crime

Features:

- View crimes on a map or in our unique Augmented Reality view*
- Get detailed descriptions of the crimes listed
- Share crime incidents with others via email
- New data updated daily

* SpotCrime Lite includes Augmented Reality feature for four incidents only, includes advertising, and is limited to loading 20 crime incidents at a time.

SpotCrime.com Disclaimer: The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source. Neither SpotCrime.com nor our data sources make any claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained in this application; makes any representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use; nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the data feed and this application is being used at one's own risk.