Crime Prevention information for local residents. Queensland crime statistics at your fingertips Police Commissioner Ian Stewart yesterday launched the Queensland Police Service Online Crime Statistics Portal. The application provides members of the public with access to crime statistics for their street, suburb, postcode, local government area, neighbourhood watch area or police region district or division in a matter of moments. Commissioner Stewart said the portal was the first of its kind in Australia and was set to revolutionise the way the public has assess to crime information. “Users can key in a suburb, street name or post code and select a specific time period or select an offence and hit search,” Commissioner Stewart said. “An area map will appear with icons or clusters that represent where the crimes occurred, what type of offences they were and if they are solved or unsolved. Data on the screen can show selections as hot spots or can be shown in graph format.” The data contained in the portal dates back 13 years and is updated on a nightly basis being one week in arrears. “For example if you did a search today the most recent information will be as at Friday last week,” Commissioner Stewart said. The portal took three months to develop and one of the aims of the portal was to encourage users to become familiar with their area and engage in appropriate crime prevention strategies to ensure a safer community. “The portal will go a long way to assist the prevention of crime and I am happy that the public will have access to this information,” Commissioner Stewart said. mypolice.qld.gov.au/southbrisbane/2013/06/28/queensland-crime-statistics-at-your-fingertips/
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:23:08 +0000
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