API documentation—crime locations last 5 years
This Service retrieves a list of Boundary Names and Location Types that can be passed to
other services in this document.
Look up Geographies
https://a5c7zwf7e5.execute-api.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/dev/lut
Returns
Key Data type Accepted Format
objectid integer Unique ID
searchlookup string Name of the Boundary that can be passed to other
Service Call.
class string The type of Location or Boundary. Can be referenced to
align to locationType in the Offence Service. (see
Below)
Description:
searchlookup
This field contains the names of boundaries that are referenced in the Offence data. These
names can be used as input parameters in the Offence service.
class
This field contains boundary types. When performing a search in other service calls a
boundary type (locationType) parameter can be useful. The below table is the link between
class values and locationType values.
LUT Service Call Geographic Boundaries Offence
(class) locationType Search
QPS Division QPS Division Division
Suburb SUBURB SUBURB
POSTCODE POSTCODE POSTCODE
QPS District QPS District District
QPS Patrol Group QPS Patrol Group PATROLGROUP
Neighbourhood Watch Neighbourhood Watch NHW
Local Government Area Local Government Area LGA
QPS Region QPS Region REGION
Return Geographies
These services return spatial coordinates of features that form a boundary or the location of
a Police Station.
Get Police Stations List
This service retrieves a list of Police Stations containing the following attributes.
Example
https://4w0qhtalkj.execute-api.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/dev/pst
Returns
Key Data type Accepted Format
feature string Geographic Coordinates
name string Police Station Name
address string Address Description
suburb string Suburb
pcode string PostCode
phonenumber string Phone Number
Get Boundary Geographies
This service returns the spatial coordinates that form geographical boundaries.
Example
https://a5c7zwf7e5.execute-api.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/dev/locations?
locationType=SUBURB&locationName=West%20End%20-%20Brisbane
Parameters
Key Data type Accepted Format
locationType string The Type of the Boundary being searched
locationName string The Name of the Boundary being searched
Description:
locationType
This field requires the type of boundary. List is as follows. POSTCODE is not included as
this is not an open data dataset.
locationType
QPS Division
SUBURB
QPS District
QPS Patrol Group
Neighbourhood Watch
Local Government Area
QPS Region
locationName
Use this parameter to search boundary names.
Returns
Key Data type Accepted Format
feature string Geographic Coordinates
name string Name of the boundary
type string Boundary Type
Search for Offences by boundary type and name
This API retrieves a list of offences that match a specified name or name fragment. The limit
is currently 100,000. The location types should be used and are described below.
Example
https://a5c7zwf7e5.execute-api.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/dev/offences?
locationType=Lga&startDate=06-26-2019&locationName=Brisbane&endDate=08-26-
2019&format=JSON
Parameters
Key Data type Accepted Format
locationType string Boundary Type. Must be either SUBURB, LGA, DIVISION,
REGION, DISTRICT, NHW, POSTCODE, PATROLGROUP
(Case Sensitive)
startDate string 06-26-2019 (mm-dd-yyyy)
locationName string Name of search boundary
endDate string 06-26-2019 (mm-dd-yyyy)
format string XML, JSON,SQL,JSONP
Description:
locationType
The locationType is the type of boundary that is being queried.
SUBURB is a suburb boundary
LGA is a Local Government Area
DIVISION is a Police Division
REGION is a Police Region
DISTRICT is a Police District
NHW is a Neighbourhood Watch Area
POSTCODE is a Post Code
PATROLGROUP is a Police Patrol Group Area
startDate and endDate
Must be presented in this format 06-26-2019 (mm-dd-yyyy)
locationName
The name of the boundary containing the offences
Results
Key Data Description
type
Type string Type of Crime
Date string Date "2019-06-26 00:00:00"
Postcode string Post Code
Area of string Name of the requested area
Interest
ABS string Australian Bureau of Statistics mesh block code that links to all
Meshblock other ABS Statistical Areas -
https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/1270.0.
55.001July%202016?OpenDocument
Offence Type List
Offence List
Arson
Assault
Drug Offences
Fraud
Gaming Racing & Betting Offences
Good Order Offences
Handling Stolen Goods
Homicide (Murder)
Liquor (excl. Drunkenness)
Miscellaneous Offences
Other Homicide
Other Offences Against the Person
Other Property Damage
Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
Prostitution Offences
Robbery
Stock Related Offences
Traffic and Related Offences
Trespassing and Vagrancy
Unlawful Entry
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
Weapons Act Offences
