The SpotCrime crime tip service
has been retired.
crimetips.us no longer accepts submissions. Below is the fastest way to get your information to the right place, and the SpotCrime surfaces that remain available for crime data and neighborhood safety.
If this is an emergency
Call 911
911 is the fastest way to reach police, fire, and medical responders. Do not use web forms or email for emergencies.
What were you trying to do?
Pick the option that fits — each goes to the right destination for that need.
Report a non-emergency tip
Contact your local police department directly — most publish a non-emergency line, an online tip form, and anonymous options such as Crime Stoppers.
See crime reported near you
SpotCrime.com's public neighborhood crime map shows what has been reported around any US address. Free for personal use, no account required.
Open SpotCrime.com →Look up a city's Crime Grade
A free A–F Crime Grade for 3,771 US cities, computed from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data. Useful for comparing neighborhoods and tracking trends.
Browse Crime Grade →Developers & businesses — API access
SpotCrime's commercial API delivers real-time crime incidents across 22,000+ US cities. Documentation, pricing, and access requests live on SpotCrime.io.
View API docs →Why we retired crime tip submissions
Routing non-emergency crime tips through a third party added time and introduced the risk that information would not reach the investigator with jurisdiction. Local police departments publish their own non-emergency lines, online tip forms, and anonymous options such as Crime Stoppers — those channels are faster, direct, and already integrated with the agencies that act on the information.
SpotCrime continues to operate SpotCrime.com as a free public crime map, and SpotCrime.io for crime data, methodology, and the commercial API.
Frequently asked questions
- Why was the SpotCrime crime tip service retired?
- The crime tip submission form at crimetips.us was retired so that non-emergency tips go directly to the agency with jurisdiction. Routing tips through a third party added delay and the risk that time-sensitive information would not reach the right investigator. The right destination for a non-emergency tip is almost always your local police department's own tip line or online form.
- I have an emergency. What should I do?
- Call 911 immediately. 911 is the fastest way to reach police, fire, and medical responders anywhere in the United States. Do not use web forms or email for emergencies.
- I have a non-emergency tip for police. Where do I send it?
- Contact your local police department directly. Most departments publish a non-emergency phone number, an online tip form, and in many cities an anonymous tip service such as Crime Stoppers. Search for your city or county's police department website to find the correct destination.
- I just want to see what crime has been reported near me.
- That data is available free on SpotCrime.com's public neighborhood crime map, and on SpotCrime.io you can look up any US city's FBI-based Crime Grade. Both are free for personal use — no account required.
- I'm a developer or business and need crime data in my product.
- SpotCrime provides a commercial crime data API covering 22,000+ US cities with real-time incident feeds. Pricing, documentation, and access requests live on SpotCrime.io.
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SpotCrime.com disclaimer
The data made available on SpotCrime services has been modified for use from its original source. Neither SpotCrime.com nor our data sources make any claims as to the completeness, accuracy, or content of any data contained in this application; make any representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, warranty of accuracy or fitness for a particular use; nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in web feeds is used at one’s own risk. The sources for the “crime” reports on our maps and services are police incident reports and other news sources. The alleged perpetrators have not necessarily been tried or found guilty of any crime.