Business Intelligence in Crime
Ji Zhang
Lucas Matecki
Lamont Davis
Jenny Brunnert
What is Business Intelligence (BI)?
 “includes the applications, infrastructure and tools,
and best practices that enable access to and analysis of
information to improve and optimize decisions and
performance”
- Gartner Research
http://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/business-intelligence-bi/
BI’s Position in Crime Rate
• Utilizing previous data sets and advanced
statistics from past crimes to research and
predict the occurrence of future crimes
• Characterize crime and patterns
– (day, month, area, economic factors, payday, weather,
etc.)
• Use software and modeling techniques
BI Improvements in Crime
 Quick response and reports to crime
 Acknowledge where to deploy proper amounts
of police force
 Law enforcements agencies collecting too much
data, but no recognizing the information:
 “Data rich but information poor”
Rob Mills
 While, large agencies are utilizing BI software
techniques and data mining, smaller agencies
employ the use of data mining and predictive
modeling to assist in preventing crime.
Techniques Utilized
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Predictive Analytics
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Data Mining
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Used to identify motives of individuals when shopping, likewise when
locating criminals
Discovers hidden patterns and relationships throughout large amounts of
information
Tactical Analysis
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Analyzing data (times, locations, weather, conditions, etc.) of past crimes to
forecast when and where crimes are most likely to occur next
Creating models that represent a crime or crimes that can be connected to
identify cases to locate suspects
Breaks down crime based on day and time and other variables
Behavioral Analysis
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Predict future crime based on relationships or behavior of criminals
Using past criminal records to categorize performance
Use of Dashboards
Visual display of most import information necessary to
achieve one or more objectives; consolidated and
arranged on a single screen so the information can be
monitored at a single glance.
- Dashboard Insight.com
 Ability to locate & prevent crime (utilizing maps and charts) in
real-time
1. Upload 911 calls immediately for dispatch &
officer to respond to
 Activate cameras within set range at the moment of these
calls
2. Report, Chart, & Filter crimes by attributes to
assist in solving or locating crime quicker
Use of Dashboards Con’t…
 Analyze & Study: criminal patterns
 Identify: characteristics of crimes within particular
range
 Locate: Hot Spots for Crime
 Investigate: boundaries near particular landmarks
 Chart & Graph: crime factors
 Track & Monitor: current crime trends
Our Dashboard Example
CrimeView Dashboard
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c
-Rwnk1bYjw
Sources
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http://www.datanami.com/datanami/2012-0202/how_bi_is_becoming_crime%E2%80%99s_biggest_enem
y.html
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https://www.crimereports.com/
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http://maps.stlouisco.com/police/index.html
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http://www.theomegagroup.com/police/crimeview_desktop.h
tml
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http://www.dashboardinsight.com/articles/digitaldashboards/fundamentals/what-is-a-dashboard.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Rwnk1bYjw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrimeView
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