Making best use of big data to predict events and trends that impact on policing

Background

We want to harness data and use advanced technologies to our advantage, rising to the challenge of a fast-moving data-driven digital age. We will make information and insight more accessible internally, and externally, to support evidence-based decisions and promote public confidence. We will strive to enhance our global reputation for excellence and expertise in policing.

Next steps

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Mps areas of research interest final

Related UKRI funded projects


  • NCJL Academic Lead

    Across policing and the Home Office there are critical questions that need answering in order to improve criminal justice outcomes. The information exists to answer many of these questions but is hidden within large data...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leicester

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to maximize the potential of data within policing and government to support a data-driven approach, aligning with the goal of using big data to predict events and trends impacting policing.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    This application comes from a consortium of three Universities – University of Leicester, Aston University and the University of Birmingham, to form the Policing Academic Centre of Excellence, Leicester, Aston, Birmingha...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on building public trust, crime prevention, analytics, and using science and technology to enhance policing, aligning with the goal of predicting events and trends impacting policing.

  • A Research Network to Explore the Use and Regulation of Predictive Analytics in Policing

    Advances in big data, information processing technology, and artificial intelligence are purported to confer immense benefits to law enforcement agencies when investigating crimes and administering criminal justice, incl...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the use of predictive analytics in policing, which is relevant to the question, but it does not fully address the aspect of predicting events and trends that impact policing.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Context & challenge:  The Scottish Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (SPACE) brings together interdisciplinary academic expertise in three key substantive themes: Safety, Prevention, and Analytics; underpin...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Edinburgh Napier University

  • NordForsk Digitalisation of the Public Sector - Critical Understanding of Predictive Policing

    The Nordic-Baltic countries and the UK are not only considered leaders in the digitalization of the public sector, but they have also established long-term cooperation in regards to law enforcement. At the same time, law...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of St Andrews

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on the use of big data in law enforcement and aims to investigate how it is adopted and adapted in police activities.

  • Predictive analytics and Policing: Translating cutting-edge academic research into actionable intelligence and developing useable software tools

    Summary Criminological research has for some time focused on the types of people that commit crime and why they might do so. However, over the last decade, there has been substantial progress in research concerned with ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to bridge the gap between cutting-edge academic research on predictive analytics in policing and the development of usable software tools for police practice.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    The UCL P-ACE will be based in the Department of Security and Crime Science (DSCS) at University College London (UCL). The DSCS is a global leader in police-relevant research, innovation, education and impact, and is hom...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • Data assimilation and forecasting for urban crime models

    In recent years, a great deal of research activities associated with big data analytics of crime events and crime patterns has greatly expanded and been increasingly received attentions from practitioners and government ...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Surrey

  • Crime, Policing and Citizenship (CPC) - Space-Time Interactions of Dynamic Networks

    Crime continues to cast a shadow over citizen well-being in big cities today, while also imposing huge economic and social costs. Prevention, early detection and strategic mitigation are all critical to effective policy ...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Policing in the UK is confronted by a set of enduring and emergent challenges. The effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy of policing in meeting these challenges can be enhanced through its proactive engagement with t...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY