Crime Data API Definition
The CrimeoMeter Crime Data API lets you request crime information including crime incidents for a specific location (Disclaimer). The Crime Data API provides different access points to query.​​​​​​
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This is a request example of the Crime Data API access point to get crime incidents for a specific location:
https://api.crimeometer.com/v2/crime-incidents?lat={latitude}&lon={longitude}&datetime_ini={datetime_ini}&datetime_end={datetime_end}&distance={distance}
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HEADERS
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Content-Type: application/json
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x-api-key: (Request your private api-key via the "Contact Us" form).
Output result:
{
"incidents_count": 1,
"pages_count": 1,
"incidents": [
{
"city_key": "CHI",
"incident_code": "13337116",
"incident_date": "2024-01-12T21:00:00Z",
"incident_offense": "Motor Vehicle Theft",
"incident_offense_code": "240",
"incident_offense_description": "Motor Vehicle Theft",
"incident_offense_detail_description": "Motor Vehicle Theft at 050XX N LAKE SHORE DR SB",
"incident_offense_crime_against": "Property",
"incident_offense_action": "C",
"incident_source_original_type": "MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT - THEFT / RECOVERY - AUTOMOBILE",
"incident_source_name": "Chicago_Police_Department",
"incident_latitude": 41.9751781,
"incident_longitude": -87.6499609,
"incident_address": "050XX N LAKE SHORE DR SB"
}
]
}