LAPD Crime Data Scraper – NIBRS & Legacy
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from $2.77 / 1,000 lapd crime records
Extract LAPD NIBRS and legacy crime records for research and data pipelines. Filter by date, LAPD area, offense, or search term. Returns normalized IDs, offense details, dates, locations, coordinates, status, counts, and raw source fields.
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