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United Kingdom Drug Maps 2015 – 2018
A look into drug enforcement in the land of Oy m8s and Jaffa Cakes. The United Kingdom.
The data is from data.police.uk The time range parsed for the street level crime of drugs was 2015 through 2018
Click on maps below to enlarge
United Kingdom population density seen through the use of Illegal Drugs.
“The Government’s organised crime strategy sets out that drug trafficking to the UK costs an estimated £10.7 billion per year.”
“Class A drugs, specifically heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and ecstasy, are widely available throughout the UK.”
“NCA seized 69.8 tonnes of cocaine, 4.5 tonnes heroin, 16.3 tonnes opium, 123.1 tonnes cannabis in their first year of operation”
“The amount of heroin estimated to be imported annually into the UK is between 18-23 tonnes. The vast majority of this is derived from Afghan opium.”
Quotes from National Crime Agency (NCA)
Old post which goes into more technical detail of how the data was parsed using c#.
Bonus map
San Francisco Police Incidents for Cocaine and Heroin – Maps
A look into San Francisco Police Department’s Incident reports containing Cocaine and Heroin. Visualizations below span from 2003 through 2018. The data is from data.sfgov.org. Created using CARTO.
Bonus map: Meth.
Creating a Geo-Temporal Map using CARTO
TUTORIAL. Want to make a Geo-Temporal map yourself? Well, you’re in luck, because I created a video tutorial for just that.
Here is an example map that you can create for free. Guess what its of.. (find out in the video below)
Tools (Websites) used:
– CARTO https://carto.com/
– Chicago Data https://data.cityofchicago.org/
Video Tutorial (youtube)
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Chicago Marijuana Maps (Incident Reports 2001 – 2018)
A look into Chicago police department’s arrest reports containing cannabis. The data is from data.cityofchicago.org. Time range used for the two static maps below is 2001 through 2018.
Time range used for bar chart and animated map below is 2010 through 2018. A gradual decline in the last 8 years can be noticed.
Chicago narcotics solicitations in public-ways; incident maps
Where will you be offered narcotics in Chicago? Or, where do cops go to do undercover busts.
Crime incident reports are gathered by the Chicago Police Department. The time range spans from 2001 through 2018. The data is from data.cityofchicago.org.
Incident descriptors used:
NARCOTICS – Primary Type
SOLICIT NARCOTICS ON PUBLICWAY – Description
A decline in publicway narcotic solicitations or enforcement can be noticed around 2008.
Denver Drugs and Alcohol Maps
A look into the Denver police department’s incident reports containing an offense category of “drug-alcohol”. The time ranged used spans from 2013 through 2018. The data is from denvergov.org.
The Loop Chicago Purse Snatching and Pocket Picking Maps
A look into downtown Chicago’s purse snatching and pocket picking. The data was gathered by the Chicago Police Department, and filtered by crime incident descriptor. Data is from here data.cityofchicago.org. Carto was used to create the maps below. The time range is from 2001 through 2018.
Chicago Handgun Crime Maps 2001-2018
Data is from https://data.cityofchicago.org. Chicago police department’s crime incident reports were filtered to contain descriptors of Aggravated Handgun, and Armed Handgun. Maps were rendered using Carto.
