I’ll do an analysis shortly to see how much higher the #s are with incidents, my quick view seemed to be anywhere from 1% to 15% based on factors i haven’t yet determined yet.

Big thanks to CrimeSpotting and Michael for providing this service – it allowed me to resume my monthly crime analysis and compare to 2008, and is very much appreciated.

I recently noticed an increase in activity in my hood 22X (Dimond) so I did a 90 day search on Crimewatch. Did you know we’ve had 13 murders in the Dimond this year. I called Quan’s office and got Richard who said sounds “fishy” but not his department. He transferred me to another staffer said it’s probably a data error but he’d have to go through stacks of written reports to find the actual number and he had a caller on another line.

Last I checked they hadn’t fixed the site, maybe the violent crime reduction is just a lost folder in someone’s drawer.

Good thing we’ve got someone smart looking at this.

Ann

I recently noticed an increase in activity in my hood 22X (Dimond) so I did a 90 day search on Crimewatch. Did you know we’ve had 13 murders in the Dimond this year. I called Quan’s office and got Richard who said sounds “fishy” but not his department. He transferred me to another staffer said it’s probably a data error but he’d have to go through stacks of written reports to find the actual number and he had a caller on another line.

Last I checked they hadn’t fixed the site, maybe the violent crime reduction is just a lost folder in someone’s drawer.

Good thing we’ve got someone smart looking at this.

Ann

Thanks Joanna!

Crimespotting is a utility, and it gets props because it is an easy to use, easy to understand tool. Once it is built, it doesn’t require any input other than on a very basic, data driven level Organic City on the other hand, requires a lot of creative input since it is entirely content driven, as does Youth Radio. Those websites aren’t tools in and of themselves, they are platforms for expression. It doesn’t make any sense at all to make these sorts of comparisons because they are entirely different. Crimespotting isn’t competing with Organic City or Youth Radio.

“Or to meet the information needs of all of Oakland’s neighborhoods?”

I’m not sure what you are trying to say here. Mike began Crimespotting as a personal project because what the City of Oakland provided was total junk. So the impetus was entirely grass-roots. I’m not sure if you’re saying that people in the poorer parts of Oakland don’t care about crime reports or what- that seems like a strange generalization to make anyway. IMO, the information needs of Oakland citizens starts with access, like computers in libraries, and libraries that are open. something that lots of people are working to make reality. Beyond that “meeting the information needs of all of Oakland citizens” is incredibly vague. I wouldn’t expect one site with one extremely specific purpose to meet everyone’s needs. However any other needs aren’t going to be met either if they aren’t ever articulated.

But you can sure see the difference once you get to 98th, immediate downturn

A hills realtor told me that neighborhood is not well known, but safe and a good place to live.

Drive by some time. Start on E.14ht in SL, go a block or a few blocks into Oakland and make a right. Drive around, you’ll see what I mean. Then go a few blocks further and it gradually deteriorates (some blocks will have a mixture of both before the final transition…).