Lawlessness

Lawlessness is a private, independent analytical tool developed by Thomas EC. Smith (TECSmith). This application is NOT an official app of, nor affiliated with or endorsed by, any UK Government entity, the Home Office, or any UK Police Force.

To satisfy the Misleading Claims policy, this app relies entirely and exclusively on exactly five public sources under the Open Government Licence v3.0. No other data is used.

The five sources and their official verification links are:

[SOURCE ONE] UK Crime Data from the Home Office via the UK Police API. Verify at: https://data.police.uk/

[SOURCE TWO] Demographics and Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics. Verify at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/

[SOURCE THREE] Deprivation Indices from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Verify at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019

[SOURCE FOUR] Property Data from the HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Verify at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/about-the-price-paid-data

[SOURCE FIVE] Postcode Mapping via Postcodes.io containing OS data Crown copyright. Verify at: https://postcodes.io/

Important Safety Notices: This tool is strictly for independent research and historical situational awareness. Do not use it to make immediate safety decisions or to report active crimes. In an emergency, always dial 999, or dial 101 for non-emergencies. All statistics are subject to upstream provider reporting delays and coordinate-shifting anonymization. Data is provided entirely "as is". The developer is not liable for actions taken based on data visualized within the app.

Recent changes:
📊Comprehensive breakdown of crime categories, outcome statuses and area demographic insight.

🔍Side-by-side analysis of crime data paired with contextual information between two different locations.

⚖️Fully transparent data statistics sourced directly under the Open Government Licence v3.0.