How to look up crime statistics in Austin, new dashboards in APD data portal [Video]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New crime statistics are now available in interactive dashboard form on the Austin Police Department’s data portal.

At Monday’s Public Safety Commission Meeting, a member of APD’s data team walked commissioners through the various dashboards.

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“We have five dashboards of the 16 currently, always in the process of creating new ones,” they said.

KXAN has previously covered the initial dashboard, which detailed the highest-level crimes against persons and property.

Now, the dashboards outlining the following information are also available:

Below is a snapshot of APD’s calls for service from 2019 to now.

These dashboards were born from a 2023 city council resolution asking APD to post different data on its portal.

There is no timeline as to when the remaining dashboards will be complete.

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