Compstat just provides numbers of loosely categorized crimes by month and district. No details, no follow up, no way to verify accuracy. It's way too general to be useful.

Is there somewhere to browse detailed crime reports? Or would you have to file a FOIA/OPRA request to get access to specific things?

You can attend your district's police meetings where they hand out crime maps detailing crimes for the past month. You can also look at stats at http://www.njjcpd.org/ click on COMPSTAT Of course there will always be crime that people don't report, and there is no way to track that.

Spotcrime seems to only post info if it was reported in the journal..


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I was wondering the same thing.

I did find this site: http://www.spotcrime.com/. It isn't real time, but it will email you daily crime stats from your selected area. I do feel that it under reports, as well.

I check this page (http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/news/index.html) for news about Jersey City, but I've long suspected that the Jersey Journal seriously under reports crime downtown.

Is there a police blotter, incident database, or anything for Jersey City?

It seems like there are a lot of crimes and accidents that happen and nobody ever hears about them. The police respond, but there's no report in the papers or online.

I think every Jersey City crime and incident should be in a publicly accessible, user-friendly database so that we can accurately monitor trends and demand action when necessary.