National Police Educational Campaigns: Citizen Impact and Crime Prevention by Region

Records from the National Police of Colombia's community outreach campaigns aimed at informing citizens and correcting inappropriate behaviors to foster a culture of coexistence and security. The dataset includes columns for impacted citizens, region, police station, neighborhood, and the specific crime prevented. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal datos.gov.co and was last updated on May 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the geographic distribution of outreach efforts using REGIÓN, ZONA, and BARRIO columns.
• Assess the scale of citizen engagement by aggregating the TOTAL CIUDADANOS IMPACTADOS column per UNIDAD POLICIAL or ESTACIÓN.
• Identify which DELITO PREVENIDO types are targeted in specific neighborhoods or police zones.
• Map police station (ESTACIÓN) activity levels against neighborhood (BARRIO) data to evaluate resource allocation.

Strengths

• Includes specific geospatial columns (REGIÓN, ZONA, BARRIO) for location-based analysis.
• Contains a dedicated column (DELITO PREVENIDO) indicating the focus of each preventive campaign.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely collected as administrative records from National Police community outreach events.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:23:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, as indicated by REGIÓN and other location columns.