Finding and Using GIS Data

Crime data is now available through the City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal.  Accident data is also available through the Open Data Portal but is not as robust as what was formerly available through the COMPASS platform.  If you need Accident data, please make a data request and the AGSL can request the data directly from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Datasets: Wisconsin Incident Based Report (WIBR) Group A Offenses, Traffic Incidents, MFD Dispatch Calls, Statistics by District (alderman, police, neighborhood strategic planning), Property, Parcel/Ownership, Census 2010, Liquor License, Open Property Violations, Community Partners, Exempt Properties, Demographic Data Report, Community Housing Survey  

Homepage: https://city.milwaukee.gov/compass

About: COMPASS is a community based collaboration intended to give a clear picture of how problems and opportunities are interrelated by sharing data. It is the City of Milwaukee's crime and traffic accident data portal, providing relevant data that effects public safety.

These are steps specific to searching crime data: 

1. Navigate to https://data.milwaukee.gov/

2. Scroll down to "Public Safety"

3. The top result for Public Safety will be WIBR Crime Data (Historical) and WIBR Crime Data (Current). Current has the most up to date crime data and is updated daily.

4. Choose format 'Excel (CSV)' to download the data in a spreadsheet

Traffic Accident

https://data.milwaukee.gov/

1. Similar to crime data, traffic accident data can be found in the "Public Safety" tab

2. Choose format 'Excel (CSV)' to download the data in a spreadsheet

Stop and Search Data

1. Navigate to: https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset?q=Milwaukee+Police+Department+%28MPD%29+Stop+and+Search+Data

2. Milwaukee stop and search data has only been tracked for the past two years (2019 and 2020)

3. The PDF document "MPD Compliance Data Dictionary" will help in defining some of the terms and help you categorize the data