Houston Crime Maps

It's been a busy week, as HPD posted the March stats on the 18th. I've imported them into the database and updated the statistics -- enjoy and be safe (and pardon any downtime as I break in the new software).

I've gone under the hood and redone almost all of the internals of this site. Specifically, I'm now using GeoDjango -- a geographic web framework I developed, inspired by my initial experiences creating Houston Crime Maps. In addition, the PostGIS spatial database is now used on the backend with OpenLayers drawing the maps in the browser. Other new features include visualizations courtesy of Google Charts (including historical charts of crime for a particular region), month pages, year summaries, and violent/non-violent crime breakdowns.

I've (finally) updated the database with crimes from January & February. Enjoy the new features and stats, and be safe!