Los Angeles Police Department Calls for Service in 2018

LAPD Calls for Service 2018 contains records of calls for service incidents within the City of Los Angeles for the calendar year 2018. The dataset is provided by the City of Los Angeles via data.lacity.org. It was last updated in November 2020.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of public safety incidents using the Dispatch_Date and Dispatch_Time columns.
• Classify or predict Call_Type_Text (e.g., 'burglary', 'disturbance') based on geographic features like Area_Occ or Rpt_Dist.
• Model spatial demand for police services by aggregating Incident_Number counts per Area_Occ or Rpt_Dist.
• Examine operational response times by calculating intervals between Dispatch_Time and other timestamps if joined with related datasets using Incident_Number.

Strengths

• Covers a full calendar year (2018) of police dispatch activity.
• Includes multiple descriptive columns such as Call_Type_Text, Area_Occ, and Dispatch_Time for detailed analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset's size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data accuracy is noted as dependent on the source database's state, with potential for entry errors or omissions.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single year, preventing longitudinal trend analysis.

Provenance

Source

City of Los Angeles via data.lacity.org

Collection Method

Records from Los Angeles Police Department dispatch systems.

Time Range

2018

Freshness

Data reflects 2018 incidents and was last updated in November 2020.

Geography

City of Los Angeles, California, USA