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Records of reported thefts in Taipei published online
The Taipei City Government on Tuesday added theft crimes to its public online database in an effort to alert citizens, neighborhood watch groups and security guards to the incidence of such crimes in their areas.
The database lists information contained in police reports on house burglaries and automobile and bicycle thefts in areas throughout the city.
It is part of an open data platform set up September 2011 by the city government at http://data.taipei, in keeping with Mayor Ko Wen-je's policy of creating a safety map for citizens and improving the living environment in the city, the Taipei Department of Information Technology said in a statement Tuesday.
Since the open data platform was launched four years ago, it has been receiving requests from civic groups to publicize crime statistics as is done other big cities like New York and London, said Lee Wei-bin, head of the information department.
The platform predated Ko's election in November 2014.
The groups have argued that the living environment cannot really be safe unless citizens can access crime statistics for their residential areas, Lee said.
In response to the requests, Lee said, his department worked with the Police Department to publicize information contained in theft reports filed in the first nine months of the year.
The data on reported thefts will be updated monthly and can be obtained by downloading the relevant files from the website, which is in Chinese, he said.
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