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CrimeGrade for business

Crime risk at the address, for the business that operates there

CrimeGrade estimates crime at about 66-meter detail across the U.S., measures each crime against what it happens to, and scores each business against the typical store of its type.

A CrimeGrade report for 950 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC: overall crime painted on small hexagons within 2 miles of the address, beside a score for each crime.
A CrimeGrade report for 950 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. Each hexagon is about 66 meters on a side, and every crime has its own score and map.
77 millionhexagons scored across the U.S., each about 66 meters on a side
43business types, each compared with the typical store of its type
10 crimeseach measured against what it happens to, from murder to vandalism

Estimates for the business at the address, by type

Set a business type on a report and it adds a store score for each crime. A store score of 100 matches the typical store of that type nationwide. Chain stores are compared with chains, and independent stores with independents. A score of 200 means about twice the typical store's incidents.

The weighted store score combines the crimes with weights set for each business type, by each crime's share of a typical store's crime losses. Shoplifting carries most of the weight at retail stores, burglary at most other businesses, and assault at bars, hospitals, fast-food restaurants and hotels.

Guard hours, fixtures and audits can follow the risk for that kind of store at that address.

Each crime measured against what it happens to

A per-resident crime rate divides crime by the people who live in an area. Downtowns, parks and shopping districts have few residents and many visitors, so per-resident rates make them read as the most dangerous ground in a city. CrimeGrade measures each crime against what it targets: street robbery against the time people spend in public, vehicle theft against parking spaces, home burglary against households.

Theft per resident

Areas of Washington, DC ranked by thefts per resident. Downtown reads red, and the National Mall is gray because it has no residents.

Theft on its ideal denominator

The same areas ranked by CrimeGrade's theft score. The National Mall is dark green, and the red areas move to residential neighborhoods.
Fewest theftsMost theftsNo residents
Areas of Washington, DC ranked within the city. CrimeGrade estimates about 67 reported thefts a year on the National Mall, where nobody lives, so a per-resident rate cannot score it. Measured against the time visitors spend there, the Mall's theft score is 25 on CrimeGrade's 0 to 1000 scale, below 98% of the areas on the city's map.

A store in a busy district is scored on the risk to the people and cars that are there, which is the risk the store carries. How each crime is measured

SCAPP: Source of Crime for existing risk models

Many security teams run risk models built on legacy source-of-crime reports, which estimate where people likely to commit crimes live. SCAPP: Source of Crime is CrimeGrade's own estimate on that familiar scale, with 100 as the U.S. average, so those models keep running through a switch.

  • Site scores at radii from 1 to 12 miles, labeled SCAPP 1 Mile, SCAPP 3 Mile and so on
  • Every field in a CSV export, with full scores for modeling
  • CrimeGrade's scores for where crime happens, in the same report

Source-of-crime scores describe where offenders may live. A store's losses happen where crime happens, and that is what CrimeGrade's scores measure.

Teams can move to CrimeGrade without rebuilding the models they rely on today.

The same Washington, DC report switched to SCAPP: Source of Crime, with neighborhoods shaded on the scale where 100 is the U.S. average.
The report's map switches between CrimeGrade scores and SCAPP: Source of Crime.

Where teams use it

Loss prevention

Protect the stores that carry the risk

Compare locations by the crimes that cost each type of store the most, then set guard hours, fixtures and audits to match.

Site selection

Check a site before the lease

Score a planned address and its 1-, 3- and 5-mile rings, with written advice for new stores.

Security staffing

Size coverage to the area

Yearly crime counts in each ring show the volume a patrol or guard plan has to cover.

Insurance and risk

Review commercial exposure

Score commercial properties and whole portfolios at the address and in the area around it.

Talk with CrimeGrade about your use

Pricing

Launch special
From $149 a location for 20 or more reports in an order. Organizations that order while launch pricing is offered keep launch prices for two years.

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Enterprise

100+ locations: custom modeling on your own loss data, and discounts when switching from another provider.

Enterprise

Questions

Coverage, data fields, security reviews or a quote for a list of addresses.

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