<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I don’t know the answer to John’s question about ward boundaries. As far as I can tell the metadata about the data does not address this question. In any case, I would bet that the adjustments would result in only minor adjustments to the counts. The overall very worrying trend would remain.<div><br></div><div>In the matter of location, the DC datasets (broken down annually) contain the latitude and longitude of the incident, presumably as recorded by DC police. All the crime data as to offense, time and date as well as lat/long are as recoded by DC police.</div><div><br></div><div>Other data such as census tract, “neighborhood cluster” and other demographic characteristics are added to the police data by a contractor. I have not looked at these data.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Dr. Wo’s iPad Pro</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 23, 2023, at 18:43, John Hirschmann <hirschj154@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Tom<div><br></div><div>Do you know if the Ward data was adjusted for the change in ward boundaries as a result of 2020 census. If so as of 1/1/22 or 1/1/23. If not, the increase is even more striking since the ward has gotten geographically smaller. </div><div><br></div><div>I sent out a list of 7 car jackings to the list server yesterday morning. Two were on 15th Street so it’s not clear if they were counted as Ward 1 or Ward 7. </div><div><br></div><div>John<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>John F <span style="font-size: 13pt;">Hirschmann </span></div><div>hirschj154@gmail.com</div>Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 23, 2023, at 18:07, Tom Woteki <drwo@woteki.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Neighbors:</span><br><span></span><br><span>In reaction to recent events and discussion on the list, I have started work on a data report concerning motor vehicle thefts and robberies. The 2 images attached herewith show what has happened with the offense officially titled “Motor Vehicle Theft”. To the best of my knowledge this is how a carjacking is classified, but the category may include more than carjackings. I hope to do something similar for robberies and assaults and write a report, but I don’t have a lot of time to spare, as important and interesting as this.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The data are taken from DC's own official open data site and downloaded by me. Not included are data for Oct 2023, since the month in incomplete. There is no question based on these data that motor vehicle thefts have increased considerably from 2020 to 2023.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Does anyone know when City Council’s legislation changing penalties and other aspects of the criminal code (led in part by Charles Allen) became law? I would like to factor that change into my analysis.</span><br><span></span><br><span>If for any reason you cannot see the attached plots contact me directly and I will send them to you.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I am happy to answer any questions you have regarding the data. Please direct questions to the list for all to see.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom aka Dr. Wo</span><br><span></span><br><span>plot 1, anual data:</span><br><div><annual.jpg></div><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>plot 2, monthly data</span><br><div><monthly.jpg></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>LincolnParkDC mailing list</span><br><span></span><br><span>To post to the list address your message to: LincolnParkDC@lincolnparkdc.info</span><br><span>When replying, please consider whether to reply to the sender only, or to the list, which is the default.</span><br><span>Not all replies are appropriate for the entire list.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Please do not send administrative requests to the list. 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