BPD Crimes

This dataset was developed by Dillon Isaacson for use with the Esri Police Transparency Solution. This a redacted version of the RMS Charge dataset, which is an internal BPD dataset coming from the New World Law Enforcement Records Management System (LERMS) and consists of one count per charge per case/incident. A case/incident is the report that a crime took place, either reported via the public or witnessed by an officer. The Charge(s) in a case reflect what laws were broken in commission of a crime. This data is created as one point per charge. Locations of crimes have been moved to the nearest Ada County street centerline from where the incident occurred. Crimes of a sexual nature have had their locations and address information removed to protect the privacy of the victims. These records still have Patrol Area and Reporting District attributes, so the general locations and trends for these crimes can still be determined. This dataset is designed to reflect a rolling 5-6 year period. Crimes occurring in the last 9 days are withheld from the data because these data are preliminary and very likely to change. Therefore, the time range of the data will be from January 1st of the calendar year 5 years ago, up to 10 days before today’s date. For example, if you are viewing the data on September 10th, 2023, the range of data will be January 1st, 2018, to August 31st, 2023. On the first day of each year, the oldest year of records will be removed from this dataset, although it can still be requested via a Public Records Request. Field Descriptions: ChargeID - Unique identifier for charges in a case. Populated by New World Law Enforcement Records Management System (LERMS). DRNumber - Case Number, can have multiple charges per case. IncidentType - The type of incident that occurred for a case CrimeCode - Alphanumeric code crime code CrimeCodeDescription - Offense CrimeCodeGroup - A grouping of crimes based on Offense codes, found starting on page 10 of the UCR Manual. CrimeType - Impact of crime, options include Person, Property, or Society Crimes. IncidentAddress - Address where incident occurred. Specific addresses have been replaced with block-level addresses or street intersections. City - City where Incident Occurred District - BPD Reporting District where the crime occurred. Police reporting districts are the smallest division of territorial boundaries used by law enforcement to deploy manpower, organize officers below their senior commanders, and to track reported crimes, accidents, and calls for service. Reporting districts typically encompass a few square blocks. PatrolArea - BPD Patrol Areas where the crime occurred. Police areas are the second to largest division of territorial boundaries used by law enforcement to deploy manpower, organize officers below their senior commanders, and to track reported crimes, accidents, and calls for service. LocationScene - Type of location where incident occurred. Examples include Gym, Residence/Home, Hotel/Motel. ChargeGroup - Link created between Statute/Charge and NIBRS Crime Codes ChargeSubGroup - Subgrouping for things like Domestic Assault or Commercial Theft ChargeDescription - Descriptions of Charge Code that aligns with statute. ChargeCode - Statute Code of crime committed. Severity - Severity of crime committed such as Felony or Misdemeanor. OccurredDateTime - Datetime when the incident of the case occurred. Occurred_DW - Day of the Week from OccurredDateTime Occurred_HR - Numeric Hour from OccurredDateTime Occurred_MO - Numeric Month from OccurredDateTime Occurred_DM - Numeric Day of Month from OccurredDateTime Occurred_YR - Numeric Year from OccurredDateTime