Crime

data.montgomerycountymd.gov | Last Updated 20 Jun 2023

Updated daily postings on Montgomery County’s open data website, dataMontgomery, provide the public with direct access to crime statistic databases - including raw data and search functions – of reported County crime. The data presented is derived from reported crimes classified according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and documented by approved police incident reports. The data is compiled by “EJustice”, a respected law enforcement records-management system used by the Montgomery County Police Department and many other law enforcement agencies. To protect victims’ privacy, no names or other personal information are released. All data is refreshed on a quarterly basis to reflect any changes in status due to on-going police investigation. dataMontgomery allows the public to query the Montgomery County Police Department's database of founded crime. The information contained herein includes all founded crimes reported after July 1st 2016 and entered to-date utilizing Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) rules. Please note that under UCR rules multiple offenses may appear as part of a single founded reported incident, and each offense may have multiple victims. Please note that these crime reports are based on preliminary information supplied to the Police Department by the reporting parties. Therefore, the crime data available on this web page may reflect: -Information not yet verified by further investigation -Information that may include attempted and reported crime -Preliminary crime classifications that may be changed at a later date based upon further investigation -Information that may include mechanical or human error -Arrest information [Note: all arrested persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.] Update Frequency: Daily

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This dataset has the following 30 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Incident IDincident_idtextPolice Incident Number
Offence Codeoffence_codetextOffense_Code is the code for an offense committed within the incident as defined by the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.
CR Numbercase_numbertextPolice Report Number
Dispatch Date / Timedatecalendar_dateThe actual date and time a Officer was dispatched
Start_Date_Timestart_datecalendar_dateOccurred from date/time
End_Date_Timeend_datecalendar_dateOccurred to date/time
NIBRS Codenibrs_codetextFBI NIBRS codes
VictimsvictimsnumberNumber of Victims
Crime Name1crimename1textCrime against Society/Person/Property or Other
Crime Name2crimename2textDescribes the NIBRS_CODE
Crime Name3crimename3textDescribes the OFFENSE_CODE
Police District NamedistricttextName of District (Rockville,Weaton etc.)
Block AddresslocationtextAddress in 100 block level
CitycitytextCity
StatestatetextState
Zip Codezip_codetextZip code
AgencyagencytextAssigned Police Department
PlaceplacetextPlace description
SectorsectortextPolice sector name, a subset of District
BeatbeattextPolice patrol area, a subset of Sector
PRApratextPolice Response Area, a subset of Beat
Address Numberaddress_numbertextHouse or Business Number
Street Prefixstreet_prefix_dirtextNorth, South, East, West
Street Nameaddress_streettextStreet Name
Street Suffixstreet_suffix_dirtextQuadrant (NW, SW, etc)
Street Typestreet_typetextAve, Drive, Road, etc
LatitudelatitudetextLatitude
LongitudelongitudetextLongitude
Police District Numberpolice_district_numbertextMajor Police Boundary
LocationgeolocationlocationLocation