Know the area before you go.
EARLY PROTOTYPE
EXPLORE WITH CONTEXT

Better informed,
wherever you go.

Research reported crime across the U.S. Search an address, landmark or hotel, then compare citywide crime statistics — not someone else's opinion.

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OFFICIAL FBI · 2025 NATIONAL CONTEXT
327.6reported violent offenses / 100,000 U.S. residents

National estimate, not a city, hotel, or neighborhood rate. Down from 362.9 in 2024 (–9.3%). FBI official source ↗

QUICK START
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YOUR NEXT PLACE

A clearer picture starts here.

Search a U.S. city, address, landmark or hotel. Select a result to see its location and available municipality-wide crime data.

✓ No invented safety ratings
✓ Data year and source included
✓ City boundaries ≠ neighborhood risk
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MAP VIEW
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Community demographics

Separate from crime figures. ACS 2024 five-year estimates for a Census tract, where available.

Official Census ↗
Select a mapped location to check Census coverage.

ACS estimates have sampling uncertainty and may cover a broader area than the selected place. Demographics do not affect crime rankings. API availability and permissions may vary.

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Important distinction: city statistics vs. street-level conditions

U.S. cities do not all publish geocoded incident data. AreaWise will never present citywide averages as a neighborhood-specific safety score. Detailed local mapping will be added only where licensed, well-documented incident data supports it.

SIDE-BY-SIDE

Compare the numbers.

Put cities next to each other. We show reported crime rates and data years side by side, without a misleading universal 'safe/unsafe' label.

OFFICIAL PUBLIC REGISTRIES

Know what's on record.

Use the U.S. Department of Justice's national search across state, territory and participating tribal public sex offender registries. We link to the official source, not copied or unverified profiles.

♧OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCE

National Sex Offender Public Website

Look up public registry information by name or ZIP code. Some states also support an address-radius search. The official site will ask you to accept its terms before searching.

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Open official registry search ↗Registry results open on nsopw.gov. AreaWise does not cache names, pictures, addresses or registry records.
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National search

The DOJ portal searches public registries across the United States. Search scope and accuracy vary by jurisdiction.

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Radius availability varies

Not every state provides address-based geographic search. Use ZIP code or the state registry when a radius lookup is unavailable.

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Separate from crime rankings

Registry counts are not directly comparable between states, so they will not be rolled into a universal crime or safety score.

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Important context

Public registries are subject to registration laws, exclusions, reporting delays and jurisdiction-specific restrictions. A blank result does not establish that a location is safe. Information must not be used to threaten, harass or retaliate against anyone.

YOUR COLLECTION

Places worth keeping.

Save cities you want to revisit. Saved records stay in this browser on this device; we don't create an account or upload your saved list.

TRANSPARENCY FIRST

The story behind the data.

A reliable information app has to be upfront about what's measured, what isn't, and how recent each source is.

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Where numbers come from

Nationwide source layers: OpenCrime processed FBI city and state figures for 2024 (CC0), plus a separately licensed 2025 city snapshot from HireSecurityNow (CC BY 4.0). The 2025 snapshot was generated July 8, 2026, before the FBI's final annual release on August 14, 2026. Neither publisher's processed rows have been independently reconciled with original agency reporting in AreaWise.

OpenCrime data and license ↗FBI Crime Data Explorer ↗
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What rates mean

Rates are reported offenses per 100,000 residents in a year. Violent crime commonly covers murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime categories depend on the source's specific methodology.

reported offenses ÷ population × 100,000
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What isn't measured

Not all crimes are reported, and police agencies differ in participation, boundaries and methods. City data isn't neighborhood data; annual data isn't a live incident feed. Reporting gaps are not evidence of safety.

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Rankings come later

We have intentionally withheld a universal 0–100 safety score until we can independently audit reporting completeness, reconcile jurisdiction boundaries and justify comparisons. Any future ranking will publish its exact formula and eligible comparison groups.

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Privacy by design

Location is requested only when you tap My location. Saved cities are stored locally. A street-address lookup is sent to the U.S. Census Geocoder only when you search for an address.

Census address service ↗
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Build status

This is a functioning research prototype, not yet an App Store release. Live incident alerts, nationwide street-level heat maps, route planning and automated local safety scores are not implemented. Official sex offender records are accessed through the DOJ registry rather than copied into this app.

Data credits

OpenCrime's processed FBI city and statewide data is offered under CC0. HireSecurityNow.com's 2025 derived data is CC BY 4.0 and requires attribution where used. © OpenStreetMap contributors for map content. Do not rely on this prototype for emergencies.