Introducing the Daily Crime Forecast

The Daily Crime Forecast is an innovative crime forecasting software that can be utilized by police and security agencies to maximize the effectiveness of available resources within their area of responsibility. Going beyond the conventional hot spot, this software efficiently surveys spatial and temporal attributes in incident data and creates a forecast map that identifies areas where crime is most likely to occur. The Daily Crime Forecast has shown to be two times more predictive than spatial/temporal hot spotting techniques used today.

Daily Crime Forecast Wins Two Awards

The Daily Crime Forecast has won two awards for its innovative approach to crime forecasting: The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) award for innovation and the novaNAIT Technology Commercialization Challenge.

Features

• Effectively forecasts where AND when crime is likely to occur
• Integrated map viewer allows to easy visualization of crime 'hot spots' by time of day
• Uses the latest crime data to model forecasts
• Intuitive and easy to use
• Fully automated, no need for pre or post analysis
• Outputs forecasts to web pages for easy access by front line staff
• Can use any existing data source from a Records Management System or Computer Aided Dispatch
• Ensures the optimal distribution of scarce police/security resources based on available pro-active patrol hours

Forecasting Crime for Resource Allocation

Law enforcement has the difficult mandate of targeting a wide array of crime problems with limited resources. Where and when to best deploy these resources is key to ensuring the optimal use of front line staff as well as ensuring accountability to community stakeholders. The Daily Crime Forecast uses cutting-edge data mining techniques to automatically analyze Record Management System data or Computer Aided Dispatch data and produce a threat map showing the forecasted crime "hot spots for a particular day. Law enforcement personnel can consult the Daily Crime Forecast and target their enforcement efforts in those areas that show a high probability that a crime will occur.