Arrests from June 1 through June 5. Chart by Rachel Parker
We’re fooling around with new ways to report on crime, so over the next few months you’ll see crime and arrests aggregated in different ways. Take, for instance, these three charts.
The one above plots arrests from June 1 to 2 a.m. on June 5, when Mission District police arrested 19 suspects in the Mission.
Six of those arrests — for everything from driving with a suspended license to hitting an officer — took place on Thursday, June 2.
As the second chart shows, few arrests took place during the day; most happened between midnight and 2 a.m., 7 and 8 p.m. and 10 and 11 p.m., at least for those five days.
We’re waiting to have a whole week of crime, but wanted to give you an early look at arrests because we so rarely report on them. Follow-ups will be coming over the next few weeks and months as we aggregate and build our database. In the meantime, as you can see below, it’s pretty easy to avoid arrest if you stay away from prostitution and driving with a suspended license.
Arrests in the Mission District from June 1 to 2 a.m. on June 5, by time period. By Rachel Parker.Reasons suspects were arrested from June 1 to 2 a.m. on June 5. By Rachel Parker.
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These are so interesting – great reporting and visualization. As it continues I’d be curious to see more on the cause/effect relationship. Are there more crimes on thursday, or more cops on the streets? More prostitution than domestic abuse, or prostitutes are more likely to get busted?
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These are so interesting – great reporting and visualization. As it continues I’d be curious to see more on the cause/effect relationship. Are there more crimes on thursday, or more cops on the streets? More prostitution than domestic abuse, or prostitutes are more likely to get busted?
Holy shit. Math #FAIL
Sameer: Yes, the sample is very limited, but did we go wrong in other ways as well? Best, lc