Crime stats - how safe does it "feel"?

[robertocarroll]

Average statistics:

Anti-social behaviour,5269 Burglary,556 Robbery,321 Vehicle,499 Violent,1883 Drugs,419 Criminal damage and arson,537 Shoplifting,1651 Bike Theft,442 Theft From the person,1830 Other theft,2169 Possession of weapons,50 Public order,464 Other,81 Total

http://www.ukcrimestats.com/Neighbourhood/Greater_Manchester_Police/Manchester_City

December 2014

Rank,Neighbourhood,Total,Rate 1 Didsbury (3.51 miles,514,7.27 2 Fallowfield (3.36 miles) 613 8.35 3 Salford East (2.15 miles) 891 10.08 4 Stockport North (4.73 miles) 735 10.47 5 Manchester North (2.77 miles) 1,141 11.42 6 Manchester East (1.93 miles) 938 11.89 7 Longsight (1.46 miles) 1,112 12.96 8 Manchester City (0.00 miles) 1,706 84.43

Crime rate: Crimes per 1,000 resident people as per the latest official Census over a selected time period.

Bear in mind that in areas with relatively low populations, a small number of crimes can generate a large per capita rate.

[robertocarroll]

Also "outcomes at location" gives a good impression of how safe a place feels. http://data.police.uk/api/outcomes-at-location?date=2014-12&lat=53.4795&lng=-2.24003

Perhaps show a random crime in area?

[robertocarroll]

Aim is simplicity, familiarity and meaning to arcane and complex data.

[robertocarroll]

• Get json
• Shuffle array https://gist.github.com/ddgromit/859699
• Get the latest
• Parse into a nice tweet sentence

[robertocarroll]

Complete. But trouble with length and the calculations are not very sophisticated.