Crime Intelligence
Local crime patterns and criminal incidents are detected and analyzed to improve employee safety, asset protection, and threat response planning.
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Monitor criminal activity in real time to safeguard people, protect property, and reduce exposure to location-based threats.
Total situational awareness requires visibility into criminal activity that affects your operations, sites, and employees. DigitalStakeout’s Extended Threat Intelligence Platform includes Crime Intelligence to help organizations detect and respond to crime-related signals gathered from public sources.
✅ Part of the Extended Threat Intelligence Platform
DigitalStakeout collects and analyzes crime-related data from open web sources, including police blotters, news coverage, eyewitness reports, scanner summaries, and social media chatter. These signals give security teams the insight needed to reduce risk, protect assets, and act quickly.
🔍 What Is Crime Intelligence?
Crime Intelligence focuses on identifying and understanding threats tied to local criminal activity. This includes tracking theft, assaults, fraud, vandalism, organized activity, and other threats near facilities, routes, and personnel. The goal is to support physical security, executive protection, and emergency response with actionable intelligence.
🧠 Subtopics We Monitor Under Crime Intelligence
Armed robberies, assaults, and shootings near operational zones
Break-ins, trespassing, vandalism, or property damage
Organized retail theft, looting, or coordinated smash-and-grab activity
Drug trafficking, gang-related events, or cartel presence
Fraud attempts including phishing, skimming, or identity abuse
Human trafficking routes or criminal exploitation activity
Public safety incidents with criminal intent targeting businesses or people
Learn more about DigitalStakeout's crime risk taxonomy.
⚙️ Platform Features for Crime Threat Monitoring
📍 Local Incident Mapping
Track criminal activity by location with heatmaps and incident clustering.
🔔 Real-Time Crime Alerts
Get instant notifications when crime is reported or observed near protected locations.
🧠 Threat Classification
Score and categorize incidents based on type, severity, location, and frequency.
🔎 Public and Community Signal Collection
Ingest reports from social media, local residents, forums, and police dispatch summaries.
📊 Historical Crime Trends
Review patterns to support guard placement, asset protection planning, or travel safety decisions.
🧩 How We Help Your Crime Risk Program
1️⃣ Define Your Priorities
Focus on sites with foot traffic, inventory, or exposure to street-level crime
Identify travel corridors, distribution routes, and field locations to monitor
Set proximity zones for threat detection around offices or event spaces
2️⃣ Build a Collection Plan
Monitor crime reports, safety alerts, and local news across key geographies
Ingest user-generated content and video-based reports of criminal behavior
Capture metadata and timestamps for investigation and trend validation
3️⃣ Train and Operationalize
Share dashboards with SOC, security officers, and field teams
Use insights to schedule patrols, adjust access control, or change delivery timing
Incorporate crime alerts into executive protection and site escalation protocols
🧠 Why Crime Intelligence Is Essential to Security Programs
Security decisions are more effective when backed by live local threat awareness
Many crimes are discussed or witnessed online before official confirmation
Field operations benefit from awareness of criminal patterns near work zones
Public sentiment around criminal activity can shape employee behavior and retention
Insurance, compliance, and duty of care expectations depend on proactive monitoring
🚧 Challenges We Solve
Challenge | DigitalStakeout Solution |
Blind spots in local criminal activity | Real-time alerts based on publicly available crime signals |
Reactive security posture | Continuous monitoring for proactive site hardening |
Fragmented crime data sources | Unified view across scanner data, social media, and news |
Manual incident tracking | Automated ingestion, scoring, and geolocation of crime events |
Missed trends in location-based risk | Crime pattern analysis and historical threat visibility |
❓ FAQs About Crime Intelligence
What types of crimes can DigitalStakeout monitor?
Theft, assault, vandalism, shootings, fraud, drug-related activity, gang threats, and location-specific criminal incidents.
Can I monitor crime around a specific building or campus?
Yes. You can define geo-feneces and receive alerts based on severity, and frequency.
How does this help security planning?It provides visibility into what is happening nearby in real time. That helps adjust policies and inform staff.