Daily updated records of individuals arrested by police in Montgomery County, including whether the arrest occurred within 500 feet of a school. The dataset is provided by data.montgomerycountymd.gov and includes demographic and event details for each arrest. It was last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze arrest frequency and demographics by 'Assigned Division' and 'Assigned Bureau'.
- Model the correlation between 'Subject's age', 'Subject's race', and 'Ethnicity' with 'Adjacent to School' status.
- Examine temporal trends in arrests using the 'Event Date/Time' field across different 'District of occurrence'.
- Assess gender distribution in arrests by analyzing 'Subject's gender' across different bureaus or divisions.
Strengths
- Daily update frequency ensures current data.
- Includes a specific feature ('Adjacent to School') for proximity analysis.
- Contains 10 distinct columns covering demographic, temporal, and organizational data.
Limitations
- Unknown total row count prevents assessment of statistical significance.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single county (Montgomery County).
- Sample data is unavailable for preliminary inspection of data quality.
Provenance
- Source
- data.montgomerycountymd.gov
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Daily
- Geography
- Montgomery County