Crime Mapping In Montana: What You Need To Know

Crime Mapping Your Home Town

Crime mapping, to ensure that you live in a safe neighborhood. After learning a little about it, I thought I'd share it with you all because it's pretty cool and with how things are, you can never be too careful.

What Is Crime Mapping?

From Wikipedia:

Crime mapping is a way to map, visualize and analyze crime patterns. It's used a lot with law enforcement agencies.

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I learned yesterday, it's also a good way to see if a home you're looking at is in a good neighborhood. Check this out 👇

I put in zip code 59401 with a date range of November 7, 2024 through November 23, 2024 and this is what it pulled up for that zip code.

• Dollar sign=theft or larceny
• Spray can=vandalism
• Exclamation point=disturbing the peace
• Fist=assault
• Drink and pill=drug or alcohol
• Mask=burglary
• Gun=weapons
• Lopsided car=vehicle break in or theft
• the numbers mean multiple infractions

UPDATE: Murder Suspect With MT Ties Apprehended

How Can Crime Mapping Help Deter Crime

After playing around on this website a little, I think it can be utilized for good in a lot of different ways.

• Look up the safest neighborhoods where you want to live and shop where crime is lowest
• Compare crime rates when trying different methods to improve your home and your town
• Bring awareness to crime in neighborhoods, and band together to take care of it
• Bring awareness to neighborhoods who decided to drive crime out of their neighborhood and highlight their success stories
• Kill time that isn't necessarily doom scrolling or doom shopping

I think one thing I'll do, for research purposes, of course, is crime map true crime shows I watch on the weekend. Take my couch detective to a whole new level.