What does a Crime Analyst do?

  • Identify and disseminate information about crime patterns so that the agency’s police officers can intervene and stop the crimes as soon as possible
  • Use identified information to develop long-term strategies and problem-solving methods to curb further crimes
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual statistical reports for the agency
  • Conduct and analyze community surveys
  • Forecast the volume of police activity in the months and years
  • Prepare charts, maps and graphs for community presentations and other agency presentations

What is Crime Analysis?

  • The study of criminal incidents
  • The identification of crime patterns, trends and other problems
  • The analysis of patterns, trends and other problems
  • The dissemination of information to the agency so that strategies and tactics can be developed to solve crime trends

How can I find out more about crime in my neighborhood?

Crime analysis is a discipline of public safety analysis, which provides information support for the missions of law enforcement or criminal justice agencies. Other types of public safety analysis include criminal intelligence analysis, criminal investigative analysis, and police operations analysis.