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FREE guides on how to perform analysis
Journals (open access)
Open access content
Evidence Based Policing reserarch, predominantly open access content
Journal of Quantitative Criminology https://www.springer.com/journal/10940
Special Issue: Geographic Crime Analysis https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geographic_Crime_Analysis
View papers combining data science and policing data https://sites.google.com/view/routineactivity/page/data-science-and-policing
The following books are currently available for free download, but availability could be subject to change.
SOFTWARE and tools
The majority of software and resources below are FREE and available to individuals for personal use and development.
Data exploration and visualisation
Data Visualisation Catalogue https://datavizcatalogue.com/
Microsoft PowerBI https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ (licence required for full features)
Tableau Public https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/ (licence required for full features)
Mapping
gvSIG GIS free open software http://www.gvsig.com/en/products/gvsig-desktop
Map layers, shapefiles, APIs etc UK only https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/
Open Street Map features https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features
PostGIS https://postgis.net/
Quantum GIS/QGIS free open software https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html
Risk Terrain Modeling https://www.riskterrainmodeling.com/ (licence for commercial use), see examples in practice at Newark Public Safety Collaborative https://newarkcollaborative.org/
Visualist Crime Spatial Analysis Plugin for QGIS https://github.com/esc-unil/Visualist
Social Network Analysis
Gephi https://gephi.org/
SocialNetV https://socnetv.org/
Statistics
Excel, Real Statistics resources https://www.real-statistics.com/
GeoDA, for spatial statistics and visualization https://geodacenter.github.io/
JASP, GUI for statistical techniques powered by R https://jasp-stats.org/
JAMOVI, alternative to JASP above https://www.jamovi.org/
MGWR, multi-scale geographic weighted regression software https://sgsup.asu.edu/sparc/software
Versatile
PostgreSQL https://www.postgresql.org/
Python https://www.python.org/ (see also https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual)
RStudio https://rstudio.com/
Podcasts and youtube channels
All About Analysis https://www.youtube.com/@allaboutanalysis
Community Safety https://www.thecommunitysafetypodcast.co.uk/
Crime with Grant https://www.youtube.com/@CrimeWithGrant
Crime Science https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crimescience/id1335674356
NIRO Knowledge https://www.niroknowledge.com/
Probable Causation https://www.probablecausation.com/podcasts
Quality Policing https://qualitypolicing.com/qpp/
Reducing Crime https://www.reducingcrime.com/podcast
Websites
Evaluations, evidence and what works
Campbell Collaboration (Systematic Reviews) https://www.campbellcollaboration.org/
CEBCP Evidence-Based Policing Matrix https://cebcp.org/evidence-based-policing/the-matrix/
Early Intervention Foundation https://www.eif.org.uk/resources
Global Policing Database https://gpd.uq.edu.au/s/gpd/page/about (*Now requires subscription*)
OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model https://nationalgangcenter.ojp.gov/comprehensive-gang-model/about
What Works Network, College of Policing UK https://whatworks.college.police.uk/Pages/default.aspx
Youth Endowment Fund https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk/toolkit/
Intelligence Analysis
Crime Linkage resources https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/generic/c-link/index.aspx
Intelligence Analysis articles at RAND https://www.rand.org/topics/intelligence-analysis.html
Intelligence resources library at IALEIA https://www.ialeia.org/intelligence_library.php
NixIntel OSINT resources https://nixintel.info/
OSINT Selection of articles related to open source intelligence https://www.secjuice.com/tag/osint/
OSINT Tools and Resources Handbook https://i-intelligence.eu/uploads/public-documents/OSINT_Handbook_June-2018_Final.pdf
UK Intelligence Management, College of Policing https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/intelligence-management/
Policing, analysis, research and methods
Association of Crime Intelligence Analysts https://www.acia.org.uk/
ASU Center for Problem-Oriented Policing https://popcenter.asu.edu/
Cambridge Crime Harm Index https://www.cambridge-ebp.co.uk/crime-harm-index
Compstat360 https://www.compstat360.org/
Crime De-Coder https://crimede-coder.com/
Evidence-Based Policing: The Basics https://www.evidencebasedpolicing.net/
International Association Crime Analysts https://iaca.net/
Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science https://www.ucl.ac.uk/jill-dando-institute/research
Safe Places Network https://play.kth.se/channel/Safeplaces+Network/353618
UK Home Office https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/research
UK Ministry of Justice https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
UK Police Foundation http://www.police-foundation.org.uk/
US Police Foundation / National Policing Institute https://www.policinginstitute.org/
Reducing Crime https://www.reducingcrime.com/
Violence Reduction Project https://qualitypolicing.com/violencereduction/
Individual sites that provide valuable resources for analysis
Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping, Andrew Wheeler https://andrewpwheeler.com/
Jerry Ratcliffe Crime and Policing https://www.jratcliffe.net/
Less Crime, Matt Ashby http://lesscrime.info/
Open data for England and Wales
Crime Survey for England and Wales
Crime Severity Score https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeseverityscoreexperimentalstatistics
Crime Survey for E&W Statistical Bulletins https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/previousReleases
Domestic Abuse Data Tool https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/domesticabuseinenglandandwalesdatatool
Drugs and substance misuse data
Drug Misuse Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/drug-misuse-declared
National Drug Treatment Monitoring System https://www.ndtms.net/
Seizures of Drugs in England and Wales https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales
Geodemographics and population data
Consumer Data Research Centre https://mapmaker.cdrc.ac.uk/#/internet-user-classification?lon=-1.5624&lat=51.5302&zoom=7.9
DataShine https://datashine.org.uk/
NomisWeb https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/
Population by Administrative Geographies https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualsmallareapopulationestimates/previousReleases
Population by Broad Ethnic Group, Age, Sex and Local Authority https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/adhocs/008781populationdenominatorsbybroadethnicgroupandforwhitebritishlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales2011to2017
UK Data Service https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
Mapping resources
Map layers, shapefiles, APIs etc https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/
Open Street Map features https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features
Police crime data
Annual Data Requirement list of statistics from police.uk https://data.police.uk/data/statistical-data/
Crime Outcomes in England and Wales https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics
Football Related Arrests and Banning Orders https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/football-banning-orders
Hate Crime Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hate-crime-statistics
Police.uk https://data.police.uk/
Police Powers and Procedures https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales
Police Recorded Crime and Outcomes Open Data Tables https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
Police Use of Force Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-use-of-force-statistics
Police Workforce Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales
Public health data
Fingertips Public Health Profiles https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/
NHS Digital https://digital.nhs.uk/
Re-offending and rehabilitation data
Statistics at Ministry of Justice https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics
School and social care
Children in Need characteristics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need
Education and social care data on pupils https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics
Schools data from DfE https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
School exclusions data https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions
SELECTED Open data REST OF WORLD
Australia
South Australia Police https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/crime-statistics
Canada
Toronto Public Safety Portal https://data.torontopolice.on.ca/pages/open-data
Vancouver Police Department https://geodash.vpd.ca/opendata/
Europe
Istat https://www.istat.it/en/ (includes crime data aggregated to Italian provinces and regions)
New Zealand
Police Data New Zealand https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publications-statistics/data-and-statistics/policedatanz
United States
Analyze Boston https://data.boston.gov/
Crime Mapping https://www.crimemapping.com/ (requires scraping and geocoding, only 6-months at a time)
Crime Open Database CODE https://osf.io/zyaqn/ (16 US Cities, cleaned and standardised data)
NYC Open Data https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/
United States Police Data Initiative https://www.policedatainitiative.org/