The UK crime map - How paranoid are we at IT PRO?
By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial
Posted in paranoia, map, crime, Google on
We’ve been looking at the UK crime map - and we at IT PRO are of different opinions about how useful the map is.
I’m a bit blase about the whole thing. In the end is not going to make much difference to my life. Apparently I’m in a average crime area - fair enough - but the place which I thought would be criminal infested - the local council flats - have the same level of crime.
Considering recently I remember a mum getting killed in her own flat and a knifing occuring on the street (big signs up and everything) - this seems a bit silly to me. And kinda pointless.
Apparently the West End has more crime than the rest of London - erm, you’d kind of expect that. Again kinda pointless and stuff you could look up without the need for Google Maps if you really wanted to know.
Nicole thinks that it is a good way of sharing info with the public but again you can see it anyway without the tech. And thinks that we’re dumb***** for the letting the government make us think it is.
Chris is pretty obsessed with it and is very worried about being in a high crime area, though I think the difference between high and average is about 4 crimes. He thinks we should inform the Daily Mail about the crime in his area.
If you want the real useful stuff about murders and knifings and stuff - you need to look online but it is available, though unfortunately it hasn’t gone through any Google mappage.
Just a random post on a Friday afternoon and gives you a real insight about how the brains in IT PRO work (!)
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Loading ...Comment by Roaming Mac - August 16, 2008 on 7:30 pm
The lack of spatial accuracy in the maps is to protect personal privacy.
I am personally more interested in seeing a map (or just statistical s tables) that demonstrates the ratio between number of crime and solved crimes over space and time.
In my view, that will reveal the true picture about the performance of police forces.
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