Louisville Metro KY - Gun Violence Data

<font color='#2b2b2b' style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:14px;'>This dataset consists of gun violence within Jefferson county that may fall within LMPDs radar, including non-fatal shootings, homicides, as well as shot-spotter data. The mapping data points where there are victims have been obfuscated to maintain privacy, while still being accurate enough to be placed in its correct boundaries, particularly around, neighborhoods, ZIP Codes, Council districts, and police divisions. The data also excludes any victim information that could be used to identify any individual. this data is used to make the public aware of what is going on in their communities. The data consists of only criminal incidents, excluding any cases that are deemed non-criminal.</span></font><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='margin-bottom:1.5rem; width:1004.02px; border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; font-size:0.875rem;'><tbody><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; background:rgb(255, 192, 0);' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><b><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Field Name</span></b></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; background:rgb(255, 192, 0);' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><b><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Field Description</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Case number</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Police report number. For ShotSpotter detections, it is the ShotSpotter ID.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>DateTime</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Date and time in which the original incident occurred. Time is rounded down.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Address</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Address rounded down to the one hundred block of where the initial incident occured. Unless it is an intersection.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Neighborhood</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Neighborhood in which the original incident occurred.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Council District</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Council district in which the original incident occurred.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Latitude</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Latitude coordinate used to map the incident</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Longitude</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Longitude coordinate used to map the incident</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>ZIP Code</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>ZIP Code in which the original incident occurred.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Crime Type</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>a distinction between incidents, whether it is a non-fatal shooting, homicide, or a ShotSpotter detection.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Cause</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Used to differentiate on the cause of death for homicide victims.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Sex</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Gender of the victim of the initial incident.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Race</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Race/Ethnicity of the victim in a given incident.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Age Group</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Categorized age groups used to anonymize victim information.</p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:none;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid windowtext; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:89.75pt; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext; border-image:initial; border-top:none;' valign='top' width='120'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Division Name</p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid windowtext; padding:0in 5.4pt; width:377.75pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;' valign='top' width='504'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'>Police division or department where the initial incident occurred.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><font color='#2b2b2b' style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:14px;'></span></font></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><div style='font-family:inherit;'>Crime report data is provided for Louisville Metro Police Divisions only; crime data does not include smaller class cities, unless LMPD becomes involved in smaller agency incident.</div><div style='font-family:inherit;'>The data provided in this dataset is preliminary in nature and may have not been investigated by a detective at the time of download. The data is therefore subject to change after a complete investigation. This data represents only calls for police service where a police incident report was taken. Due to the variations in local laws and ordinances involving crimes across the nation, whether another agency utilizes Uniform Crime Report (UCR) or National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) guidelines, and the results learned after an official investigation, comparisons should not be made between the statistics generated with this dataset to any other official police reports. Totals in the database may vary considerably from official totals following the investigation and final categorization of a crime. Therefore, the data should not be used for comparisons with Uniform Crime Report or other summary statistics.</div></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><div style='font-family:inherit;'>Contact:</div><div style='font-family:inherit;'><b>Ivan Benitez, Ph.D.</b></div><div style='font-family:inherit;'><font size='2' style='font-family:inherit;'>Gun Violence Data Fellow</font></div><div style='font-family:inherit;'><font size='2' style='font-family:inherit;'>Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods</font></div><a href='mailto:ivan.benitez@louisvilleky.gov' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'>ivan.benitez@louisvilleky.gov</a></div>

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