The Noblesville Police Department is pleased to announce that citizens can now gain access to neighborhood level crime incident data in near real time. 

            "Providing reliable, timely information to our citizens is one of our top priorities, because an informed public is a safer public," said Police Chief Kevin Jowitt.  "This system will give us the ability to keep the public informed on a regular basis as to what is going on in the community." 

            The public can access the free crime data through www.CrimeReports.com or through the CrimeReports iPhone app, which is available for free download in the Apple iTunes store.  This service also lets citizens sign up for free customizable email updates so that they can monitor crime in their neighborhood.  When searching www.CrimeReports.com, a person would enter the address of his or her home or business where it asks "Enter an address" and then click on "Search."  An address may be entered as "123 Main Street, Noblesville, IN", "Main Street, Noblesville, IN", or simply "Noblesville, IN".  Icons are then visible on a map of the designated area.  Clicking on an icon will provide further information about that incident.

            Data updates will be uploaded every six hours.  The system allows users to customize a time frame to search for incidents anytime within the previous six months.  If citizens would like additional information about a certain incident shown on CrimeReports.com, they may call NPD's Records division at (317) 776-6340 or stop by NPD (135 S. 9^th Street) Monday through Friday from 8am - 4:30pm.

            More than a thousand other law enforcement agencies of all sizes across North America are sharing their crime information with the public through the national crime map.