ShotSpotter data on gunfire incidents

ShotSpotter acoustic sensors detect the sound of gunfire and record the precise timestamp as well as the triangulated location of all gunfire incidents in a covered area.

These data were obtained for academic research. You are welcome to use these data for your own research; if you do, please cite the following papers:

Carr, Jillian B., and Jennifer L. Doleac. 2018. “Keep the Kids Inside? Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence.” Review of Economics and Statistics, 100(4): 609-618.

Carr, Jillian B., and Jennifer L. Doleac. 2016. “The geography, incidence, and underreporting of gun violence: new evidence using ShotSpotter data.” Brookings Research Paper.

California

East Palo Alto (January 2013 through September 2015) — CSV file

Fresno (July 2015 through August 2018) — CSV file

Oakland (January 2008 through October 2013) — CSV file

Redwood City (March 2000 through May 2014) — CSV file

Richmond (April 2009 through September 2018) — CSV file

San Francisco (January 2013 through June 2015) — CSV file

San Pablo (April 2011 through August 2018) — CSV file

Stockton (July 2013 through July 2018) — CSV file

District of Columbia

Washington (January 2006 through December 2017) — CSV file

Florida

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Miami-Dade County (March 2012 through June 2018) — CSV file

Palm Beach (July 2013 through July 2018) — CSV file

Illinois

Calumet City (April 2018 through July 2018) — CSV file

Peoria (November 2013 through October 2018) — CSV file

Massachusetts

Brockton (January 2013 through September 2015) — CSV file

Fall River (January 2017 through March 2018) — CSV file

Pittsfield (April 2017 through August 2018) — CSV file

Springfield (May 2008 through November 2018) — CSV file

Worcester (March 2014 through August 2018) — CSV file

Maryland

Baltimore (May 2018 through October 2018) — CSV file

Missouri

Kansas City (September 2012 through August 2018) — CSV file

St. Louis (January 2013 through October 2015) — CSV file

Nebraska

Omaha (January 2013 through September 2015) — CSV file

New Jersey

Camden County (May 2013 through September 2018) — CSV file

New York

Long Beach (December 2015 through February 2018) — CSV file

North Carolina

Goldsboro (July 2016 through March 2019) — CSV file

Wilmington (January 2013 through September 2015) — CSV file

Ohio

Canton (May 2013 through September 2014) — CSV file

Cincinnati (August 2017 through August 2018) — CSV file

Youngstown (March 2010 through March 2019) — CSV file (through 2014; through 2019 coming soon)

Wisconsin

Beloit (April 2009 through November 2012) — CSV file

Milwaukee (January 2013 through September 2015) — CSV file