CrimeReports.com provides real-time neighborhood crime reports to empower engaged individuals and citizen watch groups. Using the best available technology, CrimeReports and partners make personalized and timely crime data available to more than three million citizens across the United States. The service allows concerned citizens to receive e-mail alerts when specific types of crimes occur around their homes. A map feature allows people to view crime activity for any location within city boundaries.

Possible uses for this service: event planning, crime scene gawking, gruesome reporting for daily news, scouting tool for geolocative art ala William Gibson’s “Spook Country”, travel planning, real estate speculation.

Source: Business Wire