The Durham Police Department has an excellent Crime Mapper tool which can be accessed at: http://www.durhampolice.com/crimemapper.cfm.
I like to send this link to my buyers whenever they have concerns about the safety of a neighborhood they may be considering or the specific location of a home they may wish to purchase. They can also view city-wide data, by address, street intersection, and by police districts, police beats or by sheriff zones. Crimes are updated daily and are categorized by incident, including gun-related crimes, arson, assault, burgalary, homicide, larceny, motor vehicle, theft, robbery and rape. (In Durham, the Police Department normally patrols within the city limits; while the Sheriff’s Department patrols outside the city limits, but within the county lines).
The site also will link users to Durham’s interactive maps at http://gisweb.durhamnc.gov/imap_launch.html, including the city and county online public access system, Durham school attendance zones, a city atlas with a complete list of county streets indexed to the maps, flood insurance rate maps, a city and county parks locator, zoning atlas, and a precinct atlas so that voters and candidates can view their boundaries and polling sites.
If you love to play with inter-active maps and you live or are considering living in Durham, you will enjoy visiting these web sites.
Another important source of public-safety information is available through the North Carolina Department of Justice. This is the link to the state Sex Offenders Registry and Alert Program at: http://sexoffender.ncdoj.gov. “Knowing when offenders move into your neighborhood and where they live can be an important tool in keeping families and communities safe,” according to N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper.
You can map all offenders' addresses up to five miles away from any site you choose, such as home, park, school or child care center. You can also sign up to receive e-mail alerts to track a specific offender or if an offender registers at an address in your community.
