Gainesville Police Crime Responses with Geospatial Data, 2011-Present

From 2011 to the present, the Gainesville Police Department provides this dataset of initial crime response details. It contains a reduced set of fields focused on incident type, time, and approximate location, with addresses rounded due to Marsy's Law provisions. The dataset reflects a transition from the Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in November 2021, which changed how crimes are counted.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial crime patterns using Latitude, Longitude, GPD Zones, and Gainesville Police Districts.
• Model temporal trends in incidents using Offense Date, Report Date, Offense Hour of Day, and Report Day of Week.
• Correlate incident types with geographic boundaries using Incident Type, 2010 Census Tracts, and Zip Code Boundaries.
• Profile incident frequency by time and area using Report Hour of Day, Offense Day of Week, and Commission Districts.

Strengths

• Time series spans from 2011 to the present, offering over a decade of data.
• Contains multiple geospatial reference columns including Latitude, Longitude, Census Tracts, and Police Districts.
• Documents a specific methodological shift from SRS to NIBRS reporting in November 2021.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Incident location addresses are rounded and not exact, limiting precise geospatial analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Gainesville Police Department (GPD), published via data.cityofgainesville.org.

Collection Method

Collected as initial details from officer responses to incidents.

Time Range

2011 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-31 12:09:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gainesville, Florida, United States