Using Data to Track Performance and Community Safety

Baltimore Data Day July 12th, 2019

Christine Zhang, Sun Justin Elszasz, Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation René Najera, Epidemiologist and Blogger Kristina Williams, Charles Village Community Benefits Center 1

“‘Suffocating’ violence: Despite national trend, killings increase in Baltimore through first half of 2019”

By Kevin Rector, July 11, 2019

“The last thing Baltimore needs is more abandonment”

By Dan Rodricks, July 9, 2019

2 CRIME DATA 101 A LEXICON OF TERMS

3 “Part I ” / “Part I Victim-Based Crimes” / “Part I UCR Offenses”

A classification created by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program consisting of the following offenses

• Criminal homicide • Rape “The program’s founders chose these offenses because • they are serious crimes, they occur with regularity in all • Aggravated areas of the country, and they are likely to be reported to • the police.” • -theft • Motor vehicle theft • • Human Trafficking, Commercial Sex Acts (beginning in 2013) • Human Trafficking, Involuntary Servitude (beginning in 2013) 4 “”

Defined by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program as offenses “that involve force or threat of force.” These consist of the following four offenses:

• Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter • Rape • Robbery • Aggravated assault

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Defined by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program as the following four offenses:

• Burglary • Larceny-theft • Motor vehicle theft • Arson

6 “Crime in ” reports

https://goccp.maryland.gov/crime-statistics/

7 “Rape”

Source: “Crime in Maryland, 2017 Uniform Crime Report”

8 “FBI committee moves to update rape definition” by Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun, October 18, 2011

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bal-city-rapes-gallery-storygallery.html

9 “Legacy rape” aka “Forcible rape” vs. “New rape” aka “Revised rape”

“Frequently Asked Questions about the Change in the UCR Definition of Rape,” 10 December 11, 2014 CRIME DATA 101 A LEXICON OF TERMS

http://bit.ly/baltimore-crime-stats

11 JUSTIN ELSZASZ DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CITISTAT | ANALYTICS LEAD, OPI

BPD Part 1 Victim Based Crime Data https://data.baltimorecity.gov/Public-Safety/BPD-Part-1-Victim-Based-Crime-Data/wsfq-mvij

911 Police Calls for Service https://data.baltimorecity.gov/Public-Safety/911-Police-Calls-for-Service/xviu-ezkt

BPD Arrests https://data.baltimorecity.gov/Public-Safety/BPD-Arrests/3i3v-ibrt

Summarized Crime Data By District https://data.baltimorecity.gov/Public-Safety/Summarized-Crime-Data-By-District-2019-Week-26/4nh3-w6zf

12 Additional Examples

Baltimore 311 Service Requests Dashboard, created by OPI http://bit.ly/baltimore-311

New Orleans Crime Dashboard https://council.nola.gov/committees/criminal-justice-committee/#crime-dashboard

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Crime Reports http://www.slmpd.org/Crimereports.shtml

Open Baltimore contact Baltimore Chief Data Officer Michael Wisniewski [email protected] 13 RENÉ NAJERA EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND BLOGGER

A Closer Look at Homicides in Baltimore Occurring Since 2005 https://rfnajera.shinyapps.io/homicide_app/

Use of Epidemiological and Geostatistical Methods to Understand the Epidemic of Homicides in Baltimore, 2005 to 2017 https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/60038 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJ-UWMaFaA

14 Network Exposure and Homicide Victimization in an African American Community (Chicago) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910040/

Buzzfeed / The Trace https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahryley/5- things-to-know-about-cities-failure-to-arrest-shooters

15 KRISTINA WILLIAMS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHARLES VILLAGE COMMUNITY BENEFITS DISTRICT

16 https://livebaltimore.com/neighborhoods/ http://charlesvillage.org/about/neighborhoods/ Safety Services Reports http://charlesvillage.org/services/safety-services/

17 18 Thank you & questions

Baltimore Data Day July 12th, 2019

Christine Zhang [email protected] Justin Elszasz [email protected] René Najera [email protected]

19 Kristina Williams [email protected]