With the recent shooting in Charlottesville, reported by our partner NBC 29, we thought it helpful to show where the shootings have occurred this year in the city. The two crime maps above provide different representations of the recent shootings in Charlottesville.
The first map is a typical SpotCrime shooting icon map with other crimes filtered out and a date range of January to March 31st. Anyone can create a similar map by going to our crime map on NBC 29. Link here.
The second crime map is a heat map of the shootings where color represents intensity or concentration of shooting activity. Bright yellow indicates the highest concentration.
Another shooting happened tonight close to the University of Virginia campus.
In total, SpotCrime has mapped six shootings in Charlottesville since June of this year.
A link to a map of all the shootings is HERE.
According to the Daily Progress, Phillip Adams Jr. was shot and killed around 2 a.m. and found at 1329 W. Main St.
The map above is an example of how SpotCrime can exhibit data from two different police forces. Specifically, this crime maps shows data coming from both the University of Virginia police force and the Charlottesville police department. By pulling data from both departments, a SpotCrime user can get a more complete picture of crime in Charlottesville- particularly if you live close to UVA.
Earlier this week, SpotCrime began collecting crime data for Charlottesville, Virginia. Below is a map and table of some of the crimes collected excluding shootings. Shootings are listed on a earlier post. Each icon below represents a different crime. The fist icon represents an assault. the running man represents a robbery, and the blue man represents theft. The icons were selected for contrast to each other and visibility on the map.
By clicking on the crime icon and viewing details, the user is able to identify the source for each crime mapped. Addtionally, the user can click on the crimes in the table below and get a partial narrative of each crime.
For October, we have mapped four assaults and four thefts, and for September, we have mapped one robbery.
We expect to add much more data in the upcoming month.
To get a feel of our interactive crime map click this link:
http://www.spotcrime.com/va/charlottesville
The map and table above are from the Charlottesville crime map on SpotCrime.com.
Link here http://www.spotcrime.com/va/charlottesville
In all, we’ve collected and mapped six shootings since June of this year. Three of the shootings occurred in September- two in very close proximity to the University of Virginia campus.
This map was created by de-selected all other crimes on SpotCrime’s Charlottesville map and expanding the date range to the full year.
The table below the map provides address detail on where the shootings occurred.
SpotCrime.com Crime Mapping 