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The Crime Data API
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Real-time neighborhood crime data for apps, real estate platforms, family safety tools, and corporate security. Powered by SpotCrime — America's most-used public crime map.

500M+
Crime Records
22,000+
Cities Covered
3,771
Cities Graded
99.9%
API Uptime

Built for Every Use Case

Whether you're a developer building an app, a parent protecting your family, or a security team managing risk — SpotCrime has you covered.

MCP Server · Early Access

Built for the Agentic Web

Agents don't use APIs the way humans do. They reason mid-call, chain tool outputs, and need structured data — not search results to interpret.

The SpotCrime MCP Server (early access, general availability September 2026) gives any MCP-compatible agent — Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf — a native tool that returns real-time crime incidents for any U.S. location on demand, mid-reasoning, inside the agent loop. A neighborhood safety-score tool is on the roadmap. The SpotCrime Harness wires it in. One config block. No orchestration layer. No RAG pipeline.

get_crime_incidentsEarly access
get_crime_incidents({ lat: 40.75, lon: -73.99, radius: 0.02 })
# New York, NY — Manhattan
→ [{ type, date, lat, lon, description }, ...]
get_safety_scoreOn the roadmap
get_safety_score({ lat: 40.75, lon: -73.99 })
# Planned — not yet callable
→ { "score": 62 }
22,000+
Cities
500M+
Incidents
0
Layers needed

Integrate in Minutes

One API call returns real-time crime incidents for any US location.

# Get crime data for any location
curl "https://api.spotcrime.com/crimes.json?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&radius=0.5&key=YOUR_API_KEY"
# Returns: incident type, date, location, and link
Get API Key →
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The Crime Layer Your Family Tracking App Is Missing

Your family tracking app tells you where your family is. SpotCrime tells you what's happening around them — real incidents and real-time crime data for every US location.

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