It’s still a closed alpha, but I took a couple hours’ break from studying tonight to hammer out a few new features, especially features that help take DB in the direction I originally intended it – cold analysis of the crimes and locations, and less of a focus on the people and who they are (although that can be interesting).

I already had Frequency Analysis, which covers a small part of temporal breakdown by day, hour, etc (see the first pic). Tonight, I added Crime Analysis, which focuses on the crimes themselves – what’s most common, what occupations are seen the most, where are arrests happening, etc.

This is a constantly evolving project, and I want to focus on bringing the analytics into a more usable state. The primary reason that this remains a closed alpha is because I’m uncomfortable propagating people’s personal information, despite it being public record – if someone’s been falsely arrested, acquitted, or even just trying to put their past behind them, I don’t want to be responsible, in whole or part, for bringing them grief. HOWEVER, if I can build out the purely analytic side to the point where it functions as a standalone resource, entirely separated from personal information (i.e. personal information is not visible to the public), I may begin considering opening the system up.