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Crime Mapping

Crime mapping is an essential function of a crime analyst's job. Mapping crimes allows for a crime analyst to identify hot spots, trends, and patterns in crime data. In addition to crime data, specific other demographic information such as census, schools, bars, etc., are analyzed to investigate the cause of certain crimes. Using maps enables law enforcement to visualize the geographic aspects of crime, which in turn allows for law enforcement to better understand and assess how to deal with crime.

Now, visitors to this website can access similar crime mapping data to view where sex offenders reside, as well as where burglaries, auto thefts, auto accidents, thefts from autos, and incidents of criminal mischief have occurred. To view where Level 3 Sex Offenders live in Bellevue, click the first link below (last updated July, 2007). When you click the second link below you will go to the Sarpy County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) website. By using the Sarpy County GIS site, you will be able to get a visual sense of the crimes occuring in Bellevue, or elsewhere in Sarpy County.

Level 3 Sex Offenders living in Bellevue
Sarpy County GIS crime mapping system

Helpful hints: To get started, first click on the "layers" button in the top right corner. Then, within the "Public Safety" folder, check the boxes for the crime activity you would like to view. Then click "refresh map". Click on points on the map to zoom in. Within sex offender maps, zoom in several times to retrieve offenders' names.

The Nebraska State Patrol website makes it possible to access sex offender information anywhere in the state.

You can learn more about GIS technology on the Sarpy County website.