by Elyse Menger | Oct 24, 2024 | CrimeRisk
Just a few weeks ago, the moderator in a presidential debate ‘fact checked’ one candidate’s assertion that crime rates were going up in the United States, citing the 2022 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) which said the opposite. The news recently hit that upon the release...
by Elyse Menger | Sep 28, 2023 | CrimeRisk
Retail loss, also known as shoplifting or theft, has continued to make headlines month after month since mid-2020. Recently, Target announced that retail loss is forcing them to close 9 stores in Northern California, Portland, New York, Seattle and Pittsburgh. This...
by Elyse Menger | May 25, 2023 | CrimeRisk, Partner Posts
There is no shortage of organized retail crime going on these days; turn on the news and you will see stories of mass theft all across the country. However, it was still shocking when Target recently announced that they expect their inventory loss will surpass $1B,...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 20, 2023 | CrimeRisk, Use Cases
Occasionally, we get an odd request via the contact us form on our website. Most of the time, nothing comes of it; people find what they need elsewhere, or we don’t have what they are looking for. So, when we got a request for a research project that needed CrimeRisk...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 9, 2023 | Canada Data, CrimeRisk
The highly requested CrimeRisk Canada database is finally here. Much like CrimeRisk that covers the United States, CrimeRisk Canada assigns an index score on various crime types at all geographic levels across Canada. Let’s break down the similarities and differences...
by Gary Menger | Sep 22, 2022 | CrimeRisk
Just the other day over our regular Friday morning coffee, a friend of mine told me that he and his wife returned from a vacation to find their vehicle had been relieved of its catalytic convertor. The extraction surgery was not without complications, and the car was...
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