• 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.

• The Crime Analysts Companion 

• Experimental Designs

• Targeting Domestic Abuse with Police Data

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

• Quantum GIS/QGIS free open software https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html  - see also guide for using QGIS for crime analysis

• GeoDA, for spatial statistics and visualization https://geodacenter.github.io/ 

• Visualist Crime Spatial Analysis Plugin for QGIS https://github.com/esc-unil/Visualist 

• CrimeStat https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/crimestat-spatial-statistics-program-analysis-crime-incident-locations 

• MGWR, multi-scale geographic weighted regression software https://sgsup.asu.edu/sparc/software 

• 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/ 

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/ 

• Microsoft SQL free developer version https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/sql-server/sql-server-downloads 

• All About Analysis https://www.youtube.com/@allaboutanalysis 

• Community Safety https://www.thecommunitysafetypodcast.co.uk/ 

• Crime Analyst https://www.crime-analyst.com/ 

• 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 

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

• EPPI Mapper Systematic Evidence Map Interventions Gang Violence https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Portals/35/Maps/gmam/ 

• 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://www.college.police.uk/research/crime-reduction-toolkit

• 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/

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 

• 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 

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)

• Police Scotland https://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/how-we-do-it/crime-data/ 

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/