Guide
The page provides a comprehensive guide to how the incident-level, multi-city crime data can be prepared, harmonized, and linked to Census data.
Data Preparation: harmonization of data sets from different agencies and mapping to census tracts
Geocoding*: geocoding of street addresses to facilitate Census tract mapping
Crime Classification: classification of local offense categories to uniform NIBRS standard
Census Data: geographic crosswalks of Census data
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