The Dark Side of Neighborhood Statistics: Trulia's Crime Data Analysis Revealed - TRENDS
Trulia is an American online real estate marketplace which is a subsidiary of Zillow. It facilitates buyers and renters to find homes and neighborhoods across the United States through recommendations, local insights, and map overlays that offer details on commute, schools... Trulia, one of Seattle-based Zillow Group’s real estate brands, says it will phase out the use ofneighborhoodcrimedata on home listings early next year, citing the potential for bias and inaccuracies.
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Crime Maps basically grabs statisticaldata from police departments all over the country, and layers it all on top of a clearly-defined heat map for a given city (there are dozens of cities available). Learn about the decision, its implications, and what it means for homebuyers and sellers. Trulia has launched Crime Maps, a service that pulls statistics from local police departments around the country to create a heat map that shows which neighborhoods have the highest crime rates. The other caution on Trulia- The crimestatistics change over time.
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Some locations will show up as low crime in the winter, then spick up to moderate & high in the summer. This is where some local knowledge is advantageous. Photo GalleryTruliaCrime Maps!New tool shows real crimedata in your neighborhood.