Public Dashboards
Calls for Service Dashboard
The Calls for Service Dashboard is refreshed every morning at 4 a.m. The dashboard displays data based on calls received and dispatched to KPD officers.
The dashboard can be filtered using the following:
Date: Enter a date in the text box or use the slider to select the desired date range. Calls are filtered by the date the call was received.
Call Type: Narrow by Call Type Category or use the arrow next to the category name to view specific call types. Call types and their categories are listed in the table below. In order to select multiple checkboxes, the user will need to hold the Ctrl button on their keyboard while selecting the check box to the left of the option.
Call Disposition: This is the outcome of the call. Dispositions are divided into the following categories.
- Arrest/Citation/Warning/Warrant: In these calls, the offender was identified and action was taken against them.
- Call Cancelled: These calls are when the need for police action ended before officer arrival and no immediate action was taken.
- No Disposition: No specific disposition is available.
- Service/Misc Policing: In these calls, officer action was taken. Those actions include but are not limited to a report made, assisted another agency or a vehicle was pulled over.
- Unable to Locate: In these calls, the source of the call was not located after officer response and no action was taken.
Pages are listed and selectable at the top of the dashboard. Pages can also be changed with the arrows or drop-down at the bottom of the page.
- CFS Overview: The first page displayed upon opening the dashboard. This page provides a general overview of the calls for the filters selected. Visuals include:
- Total Calls for Service: A card displaying the total number of calls for the timeframe and any filters applied.
- Average Time Spend (Minutes): A card displaying the average amount of time spent for each call in the filtered results.
- Calls by Call Type: Column chart displaying the number of calls based on the Call Type Categories.
- CFS Count by Call Priority: A donut chart, similar to a pie chart using arcs instead of pie slices, to display the percent of the total. Call priorities are categorized as Emergency, Urgent, Routine or Teleserve.
- CFS County by Dispatch Zone: A donut chart displaying the percent of calls by dispatch zone or city districts — Central, East and West. Also includes calls with no specific district that are labeled as city wide.
- CFS Time & Day: Displays temporal data for calls selected. Those visuals include:
- CFS Count by Day of Week & Hour: A matrix table showing the hour and day of week the call was received. Hours begin at 6 a.m. Weekdays begin with Monday.
- CFS Count by Day of Week: A column chart displaying the count of offenses by day of week.
- Average CFS by Day of Week: A chart displaying a calculation of the average number of calls per day by the days in the month.
- CFS County by Hour Received: A chart with the count of calls by the hour the call was received.
- Call Type Details
- CFS Count by Call Type: A matrix table showing the number of calls split by category and sub-category.
- CFS Count by Call Type: A column chart with a count of calls by the category of the call.
- CFS Count by Subcategory: A column chart with a count of calls by the subcategory of call.
Calls are grouped into the following categories:
Medical: Death, Injury/Illness, Mental Issue, Suicide, Welfare Check
Miscellaneous Policing: BOLO, Court, Hang Up Call, Investigative, Officer-Initiated, Other, Teleserve, Transport, Unit Check, Warrant
NIBRS Person: Assault, Homicide, Kidnapping, Sex Offense, Shooting
NIBRS Property: Burglary, Destruction of Property/Vandalism, Fraud, Motor Vehicle Theft, Robbery, Theft
NIBRS Society: Drunkenness
Non-NIBRS Offense: Curfew, Disturbance, Domestic, Indecent Exposure, Noise Complaint, Stalking
Service: Alarm, Animal Issue, Assist, Emergency, Fight, Missing Person, Missing Property, Other, Property Check, Suspicious Person
Traffic: Crash, DUI, Incident, Other
Offense Dashboard
The Public Offense Dashboard is an interactive data visualization that is refreshed every morning at 04:30 a.m. It contains offenses with a generated report by the Knoxville Police Department.
The dashboard was designed to give an overview of the offenses within the city up to the present day. Offenses are reported using the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System that is maintained by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and is a part of the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) that is maintained by the FBI.
Offenses shown are preliminary data that has not yet been audited by the TBI.
Visuals can be filtered using the following:
- Date: Enter a date in the text box or use the slider to select the desired date range. The offenses are filtered by the incident’s start time.
- Offense Type: This filter is displayed under the Offense Type. The offense selection can be located underneath the Crime Against category of Person, Property, or Society. If no option is chosen, the visuals display the aggregated value for all offenses. The full Crime Against category can be selected or the arrow next to the category can be clicked and specific offense categories can be selected. A table listing the Offenses is located below. To select multiple checkboxes the user will need to hold the Ctrl button on their keyboard while clicking the check box to the left of the option.
- District: Filter Offenses based on the District where the event was listed to take place. KPD has three Districts: Central, East, and West. If no District is selected, the visuals display the totals for all three Districts.
Multiple pages and visuals are included in this dashboard. Pages are listed and selectable at the top of the page. Pages can also be changed with the arrows or drop-down at the bottom of the page.
- Offense Overview: The first page displayed upon opening the dashboard. This gives a general overview of the offenses for the filters selected. Visuals include:
- Offense Count by Month and Year: Displays the total number of offenses for each month in the date range.
- Rolling 365-Day Sum: Displays the number of offenses for the day and previous 365 days.
- Offense Count by Crime Against: The total number of offenses by the Crime Against category. To see the offenses that fall into the Crime Against category use the arrows next to the category in the Offense Type filter.
- Offense Time & Day: Displays temporal data for offense selected. Visuals include:
- Offense Count by Day of Week and Hour: Displays the total number of offenses for the day of week and the hour of incident. The values are colored a deeper blue the larger the number is.
- Offense Count by Day of Week: A column chart with the total number of offenses for each day of the week.
- Offense Count by Start Time: A column chart with the total number of offenses for the hour of the incident’s start time.
- Offense Map: A small map with the location of the offense. All offenses are moved to a nearby street centerline. A larger version of the same visual is displayed on the next page.
- Offenses Map: A full size version of the map on the Offenses Time & Day page. The points on the map are displayed as a pie chart colored by the Crime Against category. Hover over the color to see the count of offenses for that category.
- 28 Day & YTD Change: This page is not affected by filters on the previous pages all results are based on the current date. Visuals include:
- Crimes Against-Person: Displays a total count by year past five years for all offenses in the Crimes Against Person category.
- Crimes Against-Property: Displays a total count by year past five years for all offenses in the Crimes Against Property category.
- Crimes Against-Society: Displays a total count by year past five years for all offenses in the Crimes Against Society category.
- 28 Day & Year to Date Change: Displays a count by offense, with a subtotal by Crime Against category, for the past 28 Days, the Previous 28 Days, Year to Date, Last Year to Date, and the Percent change for both 28 day and YTD.
- Offense Overview: The first page displayed upon opening the dashboard. This gives a general overview of the offenses for the filters selected. Visuals include:
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