Dallas Police Modus Operandi Records

Dallas Police Public Data from the Records Management System (RMS) detailing modus operandi (MO) for incidents. The dataset includes columns such as Entry_Area, PropertyTarget1, MO, and Method_Of_Entry. It is published by www.dallasopendata.com on the Socrata platform and was last updated on 2026-05-28.

Use Cases

• Analyzing common property targets (PropertyTarget1) and methods of entry (Method_Of_Entry) for crime pattern recognition (inferred from domain, verify after download).
• Classifying incident types using the MO (Modus Operandi) and Entry1 description columns (inferred from domain, verify after download).
• Geospatial analysis of crime entry points using Entry_Area and other location-related columns (inferred from domain, verify after download).

Strengths

• Published on the Socrata open data platform.
• Includes specific modus operandi details via the MO column.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats: CSV, JSON, XML, RDF.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the Dallas Police Department's jurisdiction.

Provenance

Source

www.dallasopendata.com

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the Dallas Police Department's Records Management System (RMS).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 13:06:00.

Geography

Dallas, Texas, USA (inferred from source).