Street-Level Crime Records

Data.Police.UK publishes location-level crime records for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, updated on a regular cycle. A Beam agent reads the latest available records for the areas a team follows and applies the approved rule for what counts as a meaningful change, such as a notable rise in a specific crime category for a neighborhood. Where that threshold is met, the agent updates the team's tracking report with the new figures. Data that looks inconsistent with prior periods, such as a sudden spike, is flagged for a person to interpret rather than reported on its own.

Force-Level Crime Categories

Crime figures on Data.Police.UK are broken down by police force and by category, such as burglary or antisocial behavior. A Beam agent reads category totals for the forces a team monitors and compares them against the prior reporting period using the team's approved comparison rule. Where the comparison is straightforward, it updates the shared report with the new totals and the change. Comparisons complicated by a boundary change or a shift in how a force reports a category are routed to a person to review before the figures go in.

Stop and Search Records

Data.Police.UK also carries stop and search records alongside crime data, broken down by police force and by outcome. A Beam agent reads newly released stop and search figures for the forces being followed and checks them against the team's approved reporting format before adding them to the shared record. Figures that fall outside the expected range for a force, or that carry an unusual outcome pattern, are set aside rather than added straight away. A person reviews those flagged figures before they're added to any report the team shares onward.