How Analytics Helps Crime Fighters
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How Analytics Helps Crime Fighters
Analytics and intelligence-led policing can provide an invaluable resource for crime solving, yet a lack of funding often hinders its adoption. -
Crime-Fighting Analytics Software
34% of respondents said they use crime-fighting software, roughly the same as last year. 93% said they expect crime analytics software to become more widely used in the future. -
Crime-Fighting Software Adoption Rates Lag
Asked why crime-fighting software adoption rates are not higher, 66% cited a lack of funds. -
Law Enforcement Uses
Of those using some form of technology to fight crime, 77% say they analyze social media for intelligence, and 60% analyze social networks to uncover gang activity. -
Crime Analytics Software in Action
30% for drug-related crime, 25% for gang violence and crime, 20% for gun-related crime, 18% for fraud and financial crime, 17% for sex crimes -
If I Had the Money…
50% of respondents said they would use advanced crime analytics to fight drug crimes. 40% say they would use it specifically to investigate fraud and financial crimes. -
Software Trumps Cameras
Respondents said they would prefer allocating funds to crime-fighting software rather than body cameras, if they had a choice. -
Benefits of Crime Analytic Software
Better, faster discovery of relationships between data: 63%, Being able to solve crimes faster: 47%, Being able to make better use of mobile phone data, emails, social media history and other data in investigations: 45% -
Greatest Impediment to Deploying Analytics Software
The greatest impediment to deploying analytic software for fighting crime is having a limited budget, according to 63% of respondents. The second: perceived high cost (45% of respondents).
Law enforcement’s ability to use data and technology to battle crime is one of the most significant developments in policing. According to a new study, 88% of U.S. law enforcement officials believe that big data analytics has significant potential to fight crime. Yet nearly two-thirds do not use analytics because of budget constraints. The survey, "The Second Annual Wynyard Group Advanced Crime Analytics Survey," was conducted by the Wynyard Group, which makes crime-fighting software. The survey polled 450 police chiefs, federal investigators, analysts and other law enforcement officials. "Law enforcement resources are stretched thin, both in terms of budget and manpower, and there is a continual push to do more with less," said Derek Brown, vice president of the Americas at Wynyard, "The survey data clearly show that law enforcement believes analytics and intelligence-led policing can do that."