Street-Level Crime Data Now Available Via Apps

May 27, 2011 - PRLog -- App development companies like Ventutec Ltd welcome the potential to access statistical information, such as street- level crime stats released earlier this year.

The release of http://www.police.uk has been hugely popular, the site having more than 420 million visits since it launched in January this year.

To allow the public to access such information using the latest technologies with modern, up to date methods the raw data files were made available to developers resulting in the creation of smartphone applications and web platforms.

Nick Herbert minister for policing and criminal justice said “By making this data readily available to developers we are giving people the power to view what crimes are happening on their streets in innovative ways which work for them. With this information they can hold their local police force to account and challenge them about how they are tackling crime in their area.
 These new apps are great examples of the type of creativity we want to see and over the coming months we will be looking at how we can make even more information available.”

For App Development companies like Ventutec, who released Crime Finder to the Apple Store in February, having access to raw data allows for the creation of informative, educational applications.

Crime Finder uses the iPhones GPS, camera and compass to give the user a view of their surrounding while overlaying crime incidents that have occurred up to 500 meters away.

Kevin Savage, director of Ventutec said: “Crime mapping gives the public accountability and transparency of crimes in their area. Allowing developers access to raw data is an important step forward in recognising the need for up-to- date methods of accessing and viewing the information.”

Visit http://www.ventutec.com for more details or download Crime Finder from the Apple Store at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/crime-finder-england-wales...

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