This site has been developed by the Metropolitan Police Service in association with the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London. It provides the public and researchers with free access to crime mappings of London. Users can enter a postcode to retrieve maps of levels of crime in their neighbourhood. These enable comparison of trends in burglary, robbery and vehicle crime in the area ...

Crime Maps are go. At least, crime maps are being tested by the Met police right now. And on a quick first glance, they look quite impressive. The Power of Information Taskforce has been building proof of concept crime maps and talking to the Met and other organisations who have an interest in this field. I’d

The Home Office has achieved its self-imposed deadline of getting all 43 police forces in the UK to put up online crime maps. But are any of them any good? As reported by us last week (Police launch online neighbourhood crime maps, 6 January), the maps are intentionally limited. Simon Reed, the vice-chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: "Our concern is that statistics relea...

The Metropolitan Police have launched a crime mapping service, which allows you to see how much crime is in your area down to something like ward level, and how it compares to regional and London-wide averages. It's come in for some heavy criticism over here and here. The argument is that the map shows Primrose Hill crime to be below average, and yet the statistics show Camden Town with Primr...

Crime maps detailing the number of offences committed in every neighbourhood have been published online by all 43 police forces in England and Wales, the Home Office said today.The colour-coded maps show the levels of burglary, car crime, robbery and other offences, and include charts showing whether crime is rising or falling. The project is part of government attempts to empower residents and gi...

The Metropolitan Police have started a Web site offering the neighborhood maps in an effort to improve public safety and fulfill a pledge by Mayor Boris Johnson.

The Metropolitan police force has introduced its first trial crime map showing burglary, robbery and vehicle crime for the whole of London. By Jemima Kiss

Interactive police crime maps are leaving people "bewildered and confused" a new study has found.

From Pravda Central:"Every neighbourhood in England and Wales will have access to the latest local crime information through new interactive crime maps, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced today.....By the end of the year every police force area will produce crime maps which will allow the public to:* see where and when crime has happened, down to street level for some crimes;* make comparisons ...

The Metropolitan Police have launched a beta version of their new crime mapping website. It’s a simple enough Google Maps mash up but I found it highly addictive. It could be improved - for one thing a break down of crimes by type would be useful. But it does take the figures down to