CRIME Local

Thank you!

I have been trying to refresh the app since 1/24/24. It’s still showing what occurred from 1/22-1/24. It is now 1/29.

Sometimes I just want to know about the shooting that happened down the street last week. This app seems to help find those new stories.

Used the app when I was looking for a safe and secure neighborhood. Saved me from making a location mistake. We have four young children and the info we pulled from Crime Local was invaluable. I was disappointed though when I found out the map of crime locations can not be refreshed as often as I would like. When you pull up the map for the first time study it and or take a screen shot. Other than that I felt the app was well configured and thought out. Thank you.

When entering a zip code in Boston, the amount of reports are severely lacking. There are more sources that could be used to enhance coverage. One good account that I follow is @BostonAreaAlert (Boston Area Public Safety Alerts) on X.

Really interesting local crime news, Wish I could search on my address instead of zip code. But it still works.

What a piece of mind!! Love being able to see news stories of crimes by zip codes. This app is super easy to use and helpful! Thank you!!

This app is a great way to see crime in my area, but some things need fixing. For starters, the search bar doesn’t explicitly tell you to type in a zip code, so it took me a bit to figure that out. Another fix would be that when you click the news source, sometimes it tends to send you to the news website’s homepage instead of the actual article. It’d also be helpful if the “View on Map” feature was more visible. The rest of my critiques are nit-picky, like how the city name and state should show up next to the zip-code or how the coloring on the site is a bit flat without gradients. Other than those minor issues, this website work great and I highly recommend.

CRIME Local is really convenient to use. I love how they integrated SpotCrime maps into this app. Since this is still in beta, there are a few suggestions that I will have to give it. First of all, the absence of a dark mode switch. This isn’t that big of a deal, but it will make the app easier to look at. Also, when you are scrolling down to look at crimes, the bottom of the screen is cut off. Hope this helps!

A really easy way to see crime wherever I am.