Crime Score API

API ID 12945

CrimeScore is a crime data and neighborhood safety scoring API for locations across the United States. It provides a crime risk score (0–100).

2,331 ms avg response

API Documentation

Endpoints

Request

Returns the crime risk score for the census block group containing the given coordinates.

Endpoint ID: 25838
GET https://docs.zylalabs.com/api/12945/crime+score+api/25838/get+score
INPUT PARAMETERS

Get Score — Endpoint Features

Object Description
lat Required NYC latitude
lng Required NYC longitude

Free test requests remaining: 3 of 3.


INPUT PARAMETERS

lat
lng
API EXAMPLE RESPONSE
JSON
{"geoid":"360610031002","resolved":{"lat":40.7128,"lng":-74.006,"state":"NY","county_fips":"061"},"risk_score":6,"risk_grade":"A","data":{"census_vintage":"2024","model_version":"2.0"},"components":{"property_crime":7,"violent_crime":8,"disorder":52,"frequency":7},"top_contributors":[{"strength":"strong","label":"Gini index (inequality)","direction":"risk"},{"strength":"strong","label":"Edu: Master's","direction":"risk"},{"strength":"moderate","label":"Poverty: Below poverty level","direction":"risk"},{"strength":"weak","label":"Edu: No schooling","direction":"risk"},{"strength":"weak","label":"Edu: GED","direction":"risk"}]}
Get Score — CODE SNIPPETS

curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12945/crime+score+api/25838/get+score?lat=40.7128&lng=-74.006' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' 


    
Request

Returns sanitized, normalized recent incident activity within a city-scale radius around the provided coordinates. Results are limited to a rolling 24-hour window and do not include raw source payloads, media, user data, livestream details, update text, or internal source identifiers.

Endpoint ID: 25839
GET https://docs.zylalabs.com/api/12945/crime+score+api/25839/get+trending+incidents
INPUT PARAMETERS

Get Trending Incidents — Endpoint Features

Object Description
lat Required NYC latitude
lng Required NYC longitude
radius_m Required Radius value

Free test requests remaining: 3 of 3.


INPUT PARAMETERS

lat
lng
radius_m
API EXAMPLE RESPONSE
JSON
{"capturedAt":"2026-06-17T21:21:11.398Z","center":{"lat":40.7128,"lng":-74.006},"radius_m":1000,"hours":24,"limit":25,"count":1,"scannedCells":1,"incidents":[{"id":"-OvKOVKbu_FjcMmJh9F2","label":"Fire activity · NYC area","categories":["Fire"],"latitude":40.71067625500007,"longitude":-74.01103044999996,"cityCode":"nyc","reportedAt":"2026-06-17T11:52:48.000Z","level":1,"rank":621,"distance_m":485}]}
Get Trending Incidents — CODE SNIPPETS

curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/12945/crime+score+api/25839/get+trending+incidents?lat=40.7128&lng=-74.006&radius_m=1000' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' 


    

API Access Key & Authentication

After signing up, every developer is assigned a personal API access key, a unique combination of letters and digits provided to access to our API endpoint. To authenticate with the Crime Score API simply include your bearer token in the Authorization header.

Headers
Header Description
Authorization Required Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed.

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Overview

CrimeScore is a US crime data API and neighborhood safety scoring platform built for real estate, proptech, insurance, lending, travel, relocation, local search, and civic data workflows. Developers can submit a supported US location and receive a normalized safety risk score from 0 to 100, a letter grade, the resolved geography, and optional component breakdowns for violent crime, property crime, disorder, and overall neighborhood risk depending on the subscription tier.

The API is designed to make crime data easier to use in production applications. Instead of forcing teams to collect raw incident records, normalize jurisdictions, reconcile geography, and build their own scoring model, CrimeScore provides a clean API response that can be used inside property pages, neighborhood reports, underwriting tools, dashboards, relocation products, local marketplace listings, and internal analytics systems.

CrimeScore also supports embeddable crime map experiences, allowing teams to add interactive safety context to their own websites while keeping the scoring model and geography handling consistent with the API. The platform focuses on practical location intelligence: clear risk scores, readable grades, geographic resolution, and component-level safety signals that help users compare areas across the United States.

Crime Score API FAQs

The "Get Score" endpoint returns a crime risk score (0-100), a letter grade, geographic details, and component breakdowns for various crime types. The "Get Trending Incidents" endpoint provides recent incident activity, including incident labels, categories, and coordinates within a specified radius.

Key fields in the "Get Score" response include "risk_score," "risk_grade," and "components" (e.g., "property_crime"). In the "Get Trending Incidents" response, important fields include "incidents," "capturedAt," and "center" coordinates.

The response data is structured in JSON format. For "Get Score," it includes a main object with risk details and a nested "components" object. For "Get Trending Incidents," it contains a main object with incident details and an array of incidents, each with specific attributes.

The "Get Score" endpoint provides a safety risk score, grade, and breakdown of crime components. The "Get Trending Incidents" endpoint offers recent incident reports, including types of incidents and their locations within a specified radius.

The "Get Score" endpoint requires coordinates (latitude and longitude) to return the crime score for that location. The "Get Trending Incidents" endpoint also requires coordinates and allows customization through parameters like "radius_m" and "limit" to control the search area and number of results.

The Crime Score API aggregates data from various public safety and crime reporting sources across the United States. Data accuracy is maintained through regular updates and normalization processes to ensure consistency and reliability.

Typical use cases include real estate assessments, neighborhood safety reports, insurance underwriting, and travel planning. Developers can integrate the API into applications for property listings, local search tools, and civic data analysis.

Users can leverage the risk score and grade to assess neighborhood safety, while the component breakdowns help identify specific crime concerns. The trending incidents can inform users about recent activities, enhancing situational awareness for relocation or travel decisions.

The Crime Score API provides crime data and safety scores for locations across the entire United States, including urban, suburban, and rural areas. Users can obtain scores for specific coordinates within these regions.

Users can customize requests for the "Get Trending Incidents" endpoint by specifying parameters such as "radius_m" to define the search area and "limit" to control the number of incident results returned.

The "risk_grade" field provides a letter grade (A-F) representing the overall safety level of the location. A lower score corresponds to a higher risk, while a higher score indicates a safer area.

Trending incidents are filtered based on a rolling 24-hour window around the provided coordinates. The API returns only sanitized and normalized incident data, excluding raw source details and personal information.

The "Get Trending Incidents" endpoint can report various incident types, such as fires, thefts, and assaults, categorized for easier understanding. Each incident includes a label and category for quick identification.

The API normalizes data from various public safety sources, ensuring consistency in scoring and geographic resolution. This process helps maintain reliable comparisons across different neighborhoods and regions.

The "components" object breaks down the overall risk score into specific crime categories, such as "property_crime" and "violent_crime." This detailed view helps users understand the contributing factors to the overall safety score.

The "top_contributors" field lists factors influencing the crime risk score, indicating their strength and direction of impact. Users can assess which social or economic factors may contribute to higher crime risks in a neighborhood.

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