Santa Ana's top news & views blog

Santa Ana's top news & views blog

Tag Archives: crime mapping

There were 22 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Sunday, 9/15

Posted on by Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

SAPD talk to protesters at the Fiestas Patrias

There were 22 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Sunday, Sep. 15, 2013, according to our friends at CrimeMapping.  That is a rather low crime total considering how many people were in our Downtown area for the annual Fiestas Patrias event this weekend.

Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading→

Santa Ana Daily Crime Report for Wednesday, July 17 – 25 new crimes

Posted on by Posted in Crime, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Domestic violence out of control in Santa Ana

It has come to my attention that the City Council and their acolytes are not too happy that we keep posting daily crime updates, courtesy of our friends at CrimeMapping.  So much for their commitment to transparency!

There were 25 new crimes reported on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, including 11 acts of Domestic Violence – a recurring theme that can only get worse now that the City Council has voted to make it easier to open up more bars in our Downtown.  Here is our latest Sana Ana Daily Crime Report: Continue reading→

Santa Ana’s Daily Crime Report for July 7, 2013 – 32 new crimes

Posted on by Posted in Crime, Santa Ana 5 Comments

drunk white guy

There were 32 new crimes reported, by our friends at CrimeMapping, on Sunday, July 7, 2013.  These included eight Domestic Violence arrests; two Disturbing the Peace incidents; and one act of Disorderly Conduct.  Imagine how many more crimes we will have if Councilman David Benavides succeeds in keeping our bars open until 4 am, as we reported earlier today? 

Here is the Santa Ana Daily Crime Report for July 7, 2013: Continue reading→

Is the SAPD paying for crime mapping that they could get for free?

Posted on by Posted in Public Safety, Santa Ana, Technology Leave a comment

Crime Map courtesy of Spotcrime.com

I got a tip this weekend that the Santa Ana Police Department is paying for services on a website that maps crime.  Click here to check out the site, which is called “Crimemapping.com.”  Their service is handy and it seems to be accurate.  Click here to see one of their detailed reports (who knew that there were 318 crimes in Santa Ana in the past week?).  But there is a catch- the information on the site may only be used by individuals, according to their Terms of Use.  That means I cannot reproduce the information here.

The real bummer is that the SAPD could have contracted with a different company, Spotcrime.com, that performs the SAME service – at no cost!  And they allow anyone to use their information. Continue reading→