Raleigh Police Department

Raleigh Crime Data

What is this data?

Can I find out more information?

What are Part 1 crimes?

What is an LCR code?

How is the data mapped?

Who can I contact?

What is this data?

The imaps web application now contains Raleigh Police Department (RPD) crime data for Part 1 crimes within the past thirty (30) days.  The information shown on the web site is public information.  It is information contained on incident reports released from the RPD's Police Records Division.  The symbols on the map represent approximate locations of the incidents reported to the RPD.  This data only contains incidents reported to the Raleigh Police Department, no other municipal jurisdictions or enforcement agencies are included.

Can I find out more information?

When the map is zoomed into a scale of 1"=825' or less, the crime incidents display general crime code descriptions. 

If you would like to see additional information about the incident, click the identify tool ("i" button) located on the top-left of the page.  Now click on one of the crime incidents in the map window.  The results of your identify will appear in the top-right corner of the browser.  The additional information available:

• Incident date - The date the incident occurred

• LCR code - Local crime reporting (LCR) code associated with the incident

• Incident number - RPD case number for the incident

• LCR code description - Full description of the LCR code

• Day IMAP - The incident date day of the week

• Beat - The RPD Police Beat for the incident

• District - The RPD Police District for the incident

• LCR Group - Category grouping for the LCR codes

• Contact - RPD District for that incident

• Offense - Crime category description

Coming Soon...

In addition to the imaps application, the RPD will offer a Crime Mapping application that contains fifteen (15) months of Part 1 crime data.  The Crime Mapping application allows users to search by Police District, crime types, date and time range.  The Crime Mapping application displays a map, allows a buffer search and exports report data to excel.

What are Part 1 crimes?

• Homicide: The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.

• Rape: The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Note: Crime data for rape offenses is excluded from the mapping application.

• Robbery: The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

• Aggravated Assault: An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.

• Burglary: The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.

• Larceny: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.

• Motor Vehicle Theft: The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.

• Arson: Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.

For additional information see

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/handbook/ucrhandbook04.pdf

What is an LCR code?

The crime categories in this application are comprised of numerous Local Crime Reporting (LCR) codes as defined by the Raleigh Police Department.

The following is a listing of the individual LCR codes that fall into the various application crime category groupings. 

• Homicide Offenses / Category - 10

  • LCR-11 Murder and non-negligent manslaughter

  • LCR-12 Murder, manslaughter by negligence

• Robbery Offenses / Category - 30

  • LCR-31 Robbery with firearm

  • LCR-32 Robbery with knife

  • LCR-33 Robbery with other weapon

  • LCR-34 Robbery strong-arm

• Aggravated Assault Offenses / Category - 40

  • LCR-41 Assault with firearm

  • LCR-42 Assault with knife or other cutting instrument

  • LCR-43 Assault with other dangerous weapon

  • LCR-44 Assault with hands, fist, feet, etc

• Burglary Offenses [Residential] / Category - 50

  • LCR-51R Burglary forcible, residential

  • LCR-52R Burglary unlawful, residential

  • LCR-53R Burglary attempt, residential

• Burglary Offenses [Commercial] / Category - 55

  • LCR-51C Burglary forcible, commercial

  • LCR-52C Burglary unlawful, commercial

  • LCR-53C Burglary attempt, commercial

• Larceny Offenses / Category - 60

  • LCR-61 Larceny pocket-picking

  • LCR-62 Larceny purse-snatching

  • LCR-63 Larceny shoplifting

  • LCR-66 Larceny bicycles

  • LCR-67 Larceny from building

  • LCR-68 Larceny from coin operated machines/devices

  • LCR-69 Larceny, all others

• Motor Vehicle Larceny Offenses / Category - 65

  • LCR-64 Larceny from motor vehicles

  • LCR-65 Larceny motor vehicle parts/accessories

• Motor Vehicle Theft / Category - 70

  • LCR-71 Motor vehicle theft, automobile

  • LCR-72 Motor vehicle theft, truck or bus

  • LCR-73 Motor vehicle theft, other vehicles

• Arson Offenses / Category - 80

  • LCR-81 Arson, structure, other residential building

  • LCR-82 Arson, structure, storage building

  • LCR-83 Arson, industrial, manufacturing

  • LCR-84 Arson, structure, other commercial building

  • LCR-85 Arson, structure, community/public building

  • LCR-86 Arson, structure, all other buildings

  • LCR-87 Arson, mobile, motor vehicles

  • LCR-88 Arson, mobile, other mobile property

  • LCR-89 Arson, other (crops, timber, fences, signs, etc)

How is the data mapped?

RPD Crime Analysts use the GIS system to geo-locate reported incidents along the street centerline GIS database by site address.  The GIS data contains all the streets in Wake County along with an address block range for each street segment.  When the Crime Analysts geo-locate incidents, the GIS system interpolates the address and mathematically determines where it would fall along a street block range.  The crime incidents geo-locate to approximate locations along a street segment and may not fall exactly on or near the property of the reported incident.

Who can I contact?

If you would like to request further information on an incident, you may contact the appropriate Raleigh Police District during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8am to 4pm):

• District 21    (919) 420-2300

• District 22    (919) 713-4208

• District 23    (919) 873-2457

• District 24    (919) 857-4455

• Downtown District    (919) 807-8518

• District 26    (919) 831-6167

The primary contact number for RPD inquiries is the Raleigh Police Department Front Desk at 919-890-3335.

If you have application comments or questions about the Raleigh Crime Data within the iMAPS application (not specific crime incident questions), you can email the City of Raleigh GIS application administrator at crime_mapping@ci.raleigh.nc.us