Post Date: 06/08/2018 1:30 PM

Citizens will have even more information available to them starting today to track criminal activity; the new service will augment the City’s Compstat program

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Police Chief Robert Tracy today unveiled a new online crime mapping program that is available immediately to citizens so they will have another tool to keep track of crime and Wilmington’s ongoing efforts to reduce crime. The Mayor and Chief said www.CrimeMapping.com will augment the City’s current efforts to keep the public informed and engaged in creating a safer City through the current Compstat online reports, which were made available to citizens beginning in February at http://bit.ly/WilmDECompStat.

Mayor Purzycki and Chief Tracy said adding www.CrimeMapping.com to the weekly, monthly and year-to-date crime data offered by Compstat will give citizens a greater understanding of what’s happening in their neighborhoods and throughout the City. They also said the new online information will further the department’s efforts to be more transparent and accountable to citizens.

The new crime mapping service is a web-based program developed by TriTech Software Systems to help law enforcement agencies provide the community with valuable information about recent crime activity in and around their neighborhoods. The Wilmington Police Department (WPD) is paying TriTech a nominal fee to enable Wilmington citizens to participate in the new on line program.

The data for the Wilmington-specific portion of www.CrimeMapping.com is extracted from the WPD’s records system on a regular basis, allowing citizens to view up to six months of crime data, or up to 1,000 records by various search categories. These include a date range, crime type, or distance of an incident from a specific address. The data is illustrated on a map and the various crimes are shown as icons, each containing general details of the incident. The site also provides links to other useful crime prevention resources such as the WPD’s Facebook page and website, and Delaware Crime Stoppers. Chief Tracy said the new website service will also send custom alerts to citizens about updated crime data, letting citizens define what type of crime information they want to receive.

To find out more about what’s happening in your neighborhood visit CrimeMapping.com.

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News and information from the Office of Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki

John Rago

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Communications

Mobile: (302) 420-7928

Email: jrago@WilmingtonDE.gov



Paul Ford Jr.

Communications Specialist

Mobile: (302) 530-2171

Email: plford@WilmingtonDE.gov



Dan Sanchez

Digital & Social Media Manager

Mobile: (302) 605-0026

Email: dsanchez@WilmingtonDE.gov