Disclaimer

Last updated: 2026-05-01

These notices apply to every page on usacrimemap.com (the “Site”). By accessing or using the Site you acknowledge and agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

1. What this Site is — and what it isn't

USACrimeMap is an independent presentation layer for open public-safety data published by US local, state, and federal government agencies. We re-publish records that originating agencies have already made publicly available under public-domain or open-data licenses. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or operated by any law-enforcement agency, court, sheriff's office, prosecutor, government body, real-estate firm, insurance carrier, consumer reporting agency, employer, lender, landlord, or tenant-screening service.

The Site does not generate, conduct, certify, or verify any criminal-justice record. The originating agency identified on each record remains the sole system of record for any factual question about that record. Where records on the Site differ from the originating agency's current data, the originating agency's data prevails.

2. Calls-for-service are not crimes

Many records on the Site are calls-for-service (CFS): notations that a police officer was dispatched to a location for any reason. CFS records routinely include calls that turn out to be unfounded, duplicate, mistaken, civil, medical, mental-health-related, or routine community contact. A CFS record is not a finding that any crime occurred, that any person committed a crime, or that any property was the site of a crime.

3. The incident-density score is a heuristic, not a fact

Some pages display a score, letter grade, or color-coded indicator describing the density of reported incidents within a user-selected radius. These indicators are mathematical aggregations of public records produced by an algorithm we describe transparently on each results page. They are not statements of fact about any person, residence, business, building, block, neighborhood, school district, real-estate listing, or property valuation. They are not warranted to be accurate, complete, current, or suitable for any purpose. A score for a given location may change without notice as upstream feeds, our categorization rules, or the algorithm itself evolve.

4. Coverage gaps, blurring, and lag

Different agencies publish at different cadences (minutes to months) and with different fields. Some agencies blur addresses to the block or to a neighborhood. Some categories are intentionally suppressed (e.g., active investigations, sexual-assault victim privacy, juvenile records) — we never bypass an upstream suppression. Coverage may be added or removed at any time as agencies change their open-data publishing practices. Absence of a record on the Site does not imply that nothing happened at a given place.

5. Not a consumer reporting agency (FCRA)

USACrimeMap is not a “consumer reporting agency” as that term is defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (“FCRA”), and the records on the Site are not consumer reports. Information on the Site shall not be used in whole or in part as a factor in establishing a consumer's eligibility for any of the following purposes enumerated in 15 U.S.C. § 1681b(a):

• credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes;
• employment, including hiring, retention, promotion, or reassignment;
• licensing or eligibility under government benefit programs;
• tenancy, rental, or any housing-related screening;
• any business transaction initiated by the consumer where eligibility is at issue.

By accessing the Site you affirm that you will not use any data, score, grade, or output from the Site for any FCRA-permissible purpose listed above. Violators may be liable to the affected consumer under the FCRA.

6. Not for fair-housing or anti-discriminatory use (FHA / ECOA)

The Site shall not be used to discriminate, steer, or otherwise affect the rights of any person based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability, or any other class protected by the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq.), applicable state or local fair-housing or anti-discrimination law, or any analogous regulation. Real-estate professionals, lenders, insurers, and employers are reminded that incident-density figures correlate with protected-class demographics in many parts of the United States; using such figures to make eligibility, valuation, marketing, or referral decisions creates significant legal exposure that is the user's responsibility, not ours.

7. Not a substitute for emergency services or professional advice

For an active emergency, dial 911. The Site is not monitored in real time and is not an emergency-notification service. Do not rely on the Site for any decision affecting your personal safety, the safety of others, real-estate purchase or sale, insurance underwriting, lending, employment, tenancy, child-custody, school selection, or litigation. For decisions of consequence, consult the relevant authority and a qualified professional licensed in your jurisdiction.

8. Names of involved persons are never republished

Even where an upstream feed contains the names of suspects, victims, witnesses, reporting parties, or officers, USACrimeMap strips that information on ingestion and never displays it. We do not publish booking photographs, mugshots, or any imagery sourced from arrest reports, court documents, or sex-offender registries. Use of the Site to attempt to identify, profile, contact, harass, or build a dossier on any individual is prohibited and may be unlawful.

9. “As-is”; no warranty; limitation of liability

The Site and all content, data, scores, grades, indicators, narratives, and APIs are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including (without limitation) warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or availability. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, USACrimeMap, its operators, contributors, and licensors disclaim all liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your access to, use of, inability to use, or reliance on the Site, even where advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall total cumulative liability exceed USD $100 or, if permitted, the amount you paid us for access to the Site in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, whichever is greater.

10. Correction, retraction, and removal

If you believe a specific record on the Site is inaccurate, mis-attributed, or harmful, please use our correction request page. We commit to acknowledging written requests within two business days and to acting on substantiated requests within ten business days, typically by re-syncing from the originating agency, suppressing the record on our display layer, or both. For corrections to the underlying data, the originating agency is the system of record and must be contacted directly; we will provide the relevant agency contact on request.

11. Copyright and DMCA

Government records are public domain or available under open-data licenses cited on each source's page. Our presentation layer (design, code, category taxonomy, narrative copy, scoring algorithms, FAQ content) is © USACrimeMap, all rights reserved. To submit a notice of claimed copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), email dmca@usacrimemap.com with the elements required by the statute.

12. Third-party services we call

Address autocomplete on the Site is performed server-side using the US Census Geocoder (U.S. Department of Commerce, public domain), Nominatim (OpenStreetMap Foundation, ODbL), and Photon (komoot, ODbL). Map tiles are served by OpenFreeMap. The Site uses Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymization enabled for aggregate traffic analytics. See our privacy notice for what each integration receives.

13. Independence and accuracy of categorization

Categories such as “violent”, “property”, “disorder” etc. are assigned by USACrimeMap from the free-text type field published by the originating agency, using a public rule-set. This mapping may differ from the agency's own classification, the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) framework, or NIBRS. It is not authoritative. The agency's original code, where available, is preserved and can be inspected via the originating feed.

14. Severability and updates

If any portion of this disclaimer is held unenforceable, the remainder continues in effect. We may update this disclaimer at any time; the “Last updated” date above reflects the most recent change. Your continued use of the Site following an update constitutes acceptance of the updated disclaimer.

This notice is provided for general information and does not constitute legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction. If you have a specific question about your rights or obligations, consult a licensed attorney.