In this step, you are asked to download crime data from your neighborhood as well as state and national data. Go to the FBI crime Data Explorer and filter data by State and download US and state data. Go to your local police data (NYPD for most of you) and choose your home precinct and download historical crime data and then import it into Google Sheets. 

Share your Google Sheets link in the OpenLab and write a short post reflecting on the data you accessed from this source. Are you surprised by any of the data points? What are your expectations of how this is related to the overall DARE project? Write about the advantages and disadvantages of official crime data. Offer feedback to at least two of your classmates’ reflections.  

Here is how to download data and import data into Google Sheets:

How to import or convert a CSV file into Google Sheets

Here is an example of what data would look like for the precinct you chose: Data for DARE Assignment

Due Date: October 18th