Legal

CrimeDB is run from Texas. It follows Texas and federal law, and any stricter court rule or terms set by a source. Many of our rules go further than the law requires.

Every record sits on one step. We publish at the lowest step that answers the question. Today CrimeDB publishes only the first two steps, and names no one.

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   Counts and ratesTotals only. Small counts below state level, and small counts of people under 18 at any level, are held back so no one can be picked out. Counts of people under 18 may be broken down by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, never down to a single record.
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   Records without namesIncidents and cases with no names, addresses, or photos. Anyone under 18 shows only as "under 18."
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   Accused and convicted adults, by nameOnly as a public court record states them, on a page for the case, with its current status. Each shows an age range and state, never a birth date or address. There is no search by name.
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   Adult victims, by nameRarely. Only when a government record names them and can't be understood without it, such as a report on a death in custody.

We name adults who were charged or convicted, as the public record states them, with the case's current status. We almost never name victims. We never name or publish:

We don't pry.

Records come only from what agencies and courts have made public, through their public channels.

We don't publish private facts.

We publish only what a government record already made public, and add nothing to it except a race and ethnicity estimate labeled as modeled, which anyone can ask us to remove from their record. Sealed and expunged records come down.

We don't cast anyone in a false light.

A charge is never called a conviction, and our data pages never call anyone a criminal. Every record shows its current status.

We don't use anyone's name to sell or promote.

CrimeDB sells nothing, and no name ever sits next to an ad or sponsor.

The parameters you set on the Risk model stay in your browser. CrimeDB runs no analytics or tracking scripts, and its pages load nothing from other companies.