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Street level crime data

The national Street Level Crime website is owned by the Home Office working in conjunction with the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA).

Please note that the format and presentation of the crime and anti-social behaviour data on the website is the responsibility of the Home Office and the NPIA.

Street level crime data

Visit www.police.uk and enter your postcode or street name to find statistics about crime and anti-social behaviour in your area of the City of London.

General information

As a guide, we have provided information around the Street Level Crime website and would recommend that you read these before proceeding.

Statement of limitations of responsibility

• The National Police Crime Mapping Website is owned by the Home Office working in conjunction with the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA).
  
• The format and presentation of the crime and anti-social behaviour data on the website is the responsibility Home Office and the NPIA (“the agencies”). This includes the setting of the minimum number of properties for which the data is displayed; the location of the display point on the map and the grouping of the crime data under the 5 headings + incidents of anti-social behaviour.
  
• The Home Office and the NPIA have not placed any restriction on secondary use of the data once it is displayed on the Website (i.e. the data may be used by any third party once it is published on the site)
  
• The City of London police is required to provide data for use on the site in accordance with the requirements of the agencies and will be responsible for ensuring that the data provided is accurate.
  
• Once the data is provided to the agencies, City of London police is not responsible and has no control over how the data is managed, displayed or used.

Help notes and Frequently Asked Questions

The Crime Mapping Website includes Help Notes and a Frequently Asked Questions section.

View frequently asked questions

The data

The City of London Police provides crime and anti-social behaviour incident data to the company contracted by the Home Office and the NPIA, Rock Kitchen Harris. The Association of Chief Police Officers has signed an agreement with Rock Kitchen Harris on behalf of all Chief Constables.

This agreement specifies and limits the way in which they use this data only for the purpose of converting the data into the agreed format for publication on the Street Level Crime website.

The data is provided on a monthly basis direct from The City of London Police.

Points on the Map

The points on the map at which crimes/incidents are shown are called ‘snap points’ and are not the exact location the crime/incident occurred. These points are allocated as follows:

• Only to streets of 12 or more properties
  
• If a crime/incident occurs on a street with less than 12 properties, it is included in the figures for the nearest street of 12 or more properties. This means that some streets will be displayed as being the location of crimes/incidents that actually occurred on neighbouring streets – the comments box will state ‘On or near to xxx Street’.
  
• If there is no street of 12 or more properties within a 20 mile radius, the crime/incident will not be shown on the map.
  
• The comments box will point to the street – the location of the snap point is aimed to be the centre of the street’s length and in the centre of the roadway – the snap point does not indicate that the crime/incident occurred at any specific property in the street.
  
• Where there is a public building, e.g. hospital, police station, council offices, parks, the snap point will be placed at such locations
  
• Local inspectors have been consulted over any particular issues in their area relating to the allocation of the snap points and the Constabulary may make recommendations to have snap points relocated.

Concerns and Complaints

If you have concerns or a complaint about how crime/incident data has been displayed on the Street Level Crime website, you can in the first instance contact your local Safer Neighbourhood Team.