List of crime incidents featured in the Cambridge Police Department’s Annual Crime Reports and reported in the City of Cambridge since 2009. Includes more than 40 crime types. Certain crime types are excluded due to confidentiality and/or protection of privacy. Please Note: Addresses do not represent the actual location of the crime, but a near approximation within 100 block ranges. For reports published by the Cambridge Police Department’s Crime Analysis Unit, visit http://www.cambridgema.gov/cpd/Publications.aspx.

Best Data at the Time: All statistics, including yearly totals and weighted averages, are calculated using the best available data at the time. Occasionally, after our reports are published, factors determined during investigation will cause us to reclassify a crime to a higher or lower category, and thus you may see slight discrepancies between current and past reports. In all cases, the more recent data is the more correct data.

This dataset will be periodically revised to ensure compliance with all local, state and federal privacy rights and legal requirements.

Police Business Regions are used for response and reporting by Cambridge Public Safety. These are used for reporting, mapping and analysis purposes. There are 8 regions in Cambridge.

Police Response Districts are computer aided dispatch (CAD) reporting areas. All other districts which include police sectors, regions, walking areas, business districts fall within the boundaries of a police response district. These are used Emergency Communication Center (ECC)aka the 911 center to dispatch emergency vehicles and first responders. Police Response Districts are computer aided dispatch (CAD) reporting areas which are used by the Emergency Communication Center (ECC) to dispatch emergency vehicles and first responders.

The Medical Events data set reflects information approved for general release by the Cambridge Police Department and the Cambridge Fire Department. All entries are inputted by dispatchers in the Emergency Communications Center (ECC). This data set does not reflect all events received by the ECC. Certain entries are not included due to concerns related to privacy, criminal investigation, or protected data. Additionally, not all entries reflect a dispatched response and some data may reflect a duplicate entry for a specific incident.

The decision for a medical incident to be coded as one of the three types is not a reflection of the importance of the call, and should not be misconstrued to mean that the dispatcher or Cambridge ECD feels that the call or caller are unimportant. We strive to provide the best possible emergency service to our constituents, and never withhold care due to classification. Within each Chief Complaint, there are rankings of severity and priority; for privacy and security reasons, we do not provide this information, but this internal ranking is often as important to the dispatcher as the category. All calls received at the Cambridge ECC are treated with the utmost care and respect.

List of crashes involving motor vehicles, bicycles and/or pedestrians reported in the City of Cambridge over the last 4 years (2010-2013). Please Note: addresses are approximate.

This point layer contains the police stations within the City of Cambridge.

Police Sectors are areas which patrol cars are dispatched. In Cambridge there are 5 sector cars and each cruiser has two officers in each car. This is different from route cars which only have 1 officer per car. This layer is used for response by Cambridge Public Safety. Police Sectors are areas which police cars are dispatched using the computer aided dispatch (CAD) software.

Police Walking Routes are areas which officers patrol by foot. There are 37 different walking routes in Cambridge. This layer is used for response by Cambridge Public Safety.

Police Car Routes are areas which patrol cars are dispatched. In Cambridge there are many route cars and cruisers have one officer in each car. This is different from Sector cars which have 2 officers per car. This layer is used for response by Cambridge Public Safety.

This data set features all MA uniform citations issued by the Cambridge Police Department since January 2010. The data includes the date and time issued, location as well as MA General Law charge information. Citation numbers have been omitted from this dataset. The addresses provided are the raw street number and name along with a cross street, if it occured at an intersection of two streets.Please see the MASS RMV for more information on Uniform Citations and the General Court of the Commonwealth for Mass General Laws: http://www.massrmv.com/MeritRatingBoard/SurchargeableIncidents/MassachusettsUniformCitation.aspx https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/Search

Note: this data includes all violations associated with an issued citation, which may result in multiple line items for a singular event.