The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension released its annual Uniform Crime Report on Monday. The report examines the state of crime in Minnesota from the previous calendar year. In many areas, crime dropped in Minnesota in 2018, but some other areas also saw stark increases. We take a close look at […]
The 2019 March Madness College Crime Bracket!
Every year we put out an NCAA bracket that tries to predict the winner of the NCAA tournament. But instead of using advanced basketball analytics, we use relevant crime stats to see who would advance if campus crime could help predict a winner. In the past, we’ve predicted the winner based on DUIs per capita, […]
St. Paul Exploring Juvenile Crime Prevention Algorithm
In the wake of school shootings across the country, many people have been left wondering if there was anything we could have done to prevent the tragedies. Oftentimes things come out after the fact that people say were red flags and should have been a warning sign that the teen needed help. Learning about these […]
Avoiding Crime and Scams During Super Bowl Week
We’re less than a week away from the kickoff of the Super Bowl here in Minneapolis, and the Twin Cities certainly have a distinct buzz about them. Hotels around the area are already filling up, and we expect to see a huge influx of people to the area from all corners of the US in […]
Crime – Is It In Your Genes?
Parents pass down a number of traits to their children, and not all of them are strictly physical in nature. According to new research at the University of California, parents may pass down a predisposition for criminal behavior. For their research, Sytske Besemer and colleagues reviewed previous studies on intergenerational criminal behavior involving more than […]
