Reported vs. measured
How crime is reported in the news, set against how it’s measured in city incident data — city by city. We surface where coverage runs louder than the numbers and where the numbers run louder than the coverage. No verdict on whether crime is up or down; that’s yours to draw.
Austin crime coverage and measured incidents diverge sharply by category across a 90-day window ending June 20, 2026
Baton Rouge Crime Coverage vs. Data: Homicide and Assault Dominate Headlines While Property Crime Fills the Ledger
Charlotte crime coverage concentrates heavily on homicide while theft, drugs, and motor vehicle theft together account for roughly 39 percent of measured incidents and receive no recorded coverage in the 90-day window
Chicago crime coverage and city data show sharply different category mixes across the 90-day window ending June 20, 2026
Colorado Springs crime coverage and measured incidents diverge most sharply on homicide and theft across a 90-day window through June 27, 2026
Dallas Crime Coverage and Measured Incidents Diverge Sharply Across National, Local, and Data Sources
Denver crime coverage and city data tell different stories about which incidents dominate the 90-day picture
Detroit crime coverage and recorded incidents diverge sharply by category, with homicide dominating headlines while assault and theft account for half of all measured incidents
Honolulu crime coverage concentrates on assault and homicide while theft, vandalism, and motor vehicle theft dominate the measured record
Houston crime coverage over 90 days skewed heavily toward homicide and a celebrity weapons arrest, while measured data shows theft and assault as the dominant incident categories
Miami crime coverage and measured incidents tell different stories across categories, with homicide dominating national attention while theft dominates the data
Minneapolis crime coverage concentrates on assault and homicide while theft dominates the measured data
Nashville crime coverage skews heavily toward homicide and assault while high-volume property and disorder incidents go largely unreported across both national and local outlets
New York City crime coverage and measured incidents tell different stories about which offenses dominate the landscape
Norfolk crime coverage and measured data diverge sharply by category across a 90-day window ending June 28, 2026
Oakland Crime Data and Coverage, Reconciled: Homicide Dominates National Headlines While Property Crime Dominates the Ledger
Philadelphia crime coverage and city data show sharply different category distributions across the same 90-day window
Richmond crime coverage and measured incidents diverge sharply by category, both nationally and locally
San Antonio Crime Coverage: What National Outlets Reported vs. What the City's Data Shows
San Francisco crime coverage and reported incidents diverge sharply by category, with arson and homicide dominating national stories while theft and drugs account for most measured incidents
Seattle crime coverage and city data diverge sharply by category across the 90-day window ending June 27, 2026
Washington, D.C. crime coverage and measured data diverge sharply across categories in the 90-day window ending June 28, 2026
We only cover cities that publish incident-level data we can verify. These don’t — yet. We’d rather show the gap than fake the coverage.
- Indianapolis, INIMPD data lives on an ArcGIS Hub; the feature-service URL isn't located yet.
- Los Angeles County, CANo unified countywide crime API — LA City/LAPD's feed froze in 2024 and the county is split across 88 jurisdictions.
- Portland, ORPortland releases crime data as periodic CSV downloads only — no live query API.