🚔 Austin Crime Data Scraper

🚀 Export Austin Police Department crime incident reports in seconds. Filter 20+ years of incidents by date, crime type, council district, and family violence flag.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-25 · 📊 13 fields per record · Millions of incidents · City of Austin, TX

The Austin Crime Data Scraper queries the official City of Austin Open Data platform (data.austintexas.gov) for Austin Police Department crime incident reports. Every row returns the report number, UCR offense code, category, occurrence and reporting timestamps, location type, council district, sector, and clearance status.

Coverage spans every reportable incident classified under the Uniform Crime Reporting program, across all 10 council districts of Austin, Texas, with daily updates from APD.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Journalists, civic researchers, data scientists, GIS analysts, neighborhood associations, insurance underwriters	Crime mapping, neighborhood safety dashboards, trend analysis, academic research, public-safety reporting

📋 What the Austin Crime Data Scraper does

• Queries the Austin Open Data Socrata API for APD crime reports
• Filters by occurrence date range, crime type substring, council district, family violence flag
• Returns every incident with UCR code and category description
• Exports to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML in one click

💡 Why it matters: APD posts millions of incidents in a single dataset. Pulling a filtered slice via this scraper saves hours of CSV downloads and manual filtering.

🎬 Full Demo

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Free users limited to 10. Paid up to 1,000,000.
startDate	string	Earliest occurrence date YYYY-MM-DD.
endDate	string	Latest occurrence date YYYY-MM-DD.
crimeType	string	Substring match on crime type.
councilDistrict	string	District number 1-10.
familyViolence	boolean	Family violence incidents only.

{ "maxItems": 100, "startDate": "2024-01-01", "endDate": "2024-12-31" }

{ "maxItems": 500, "crimeType": "BURGLARY", "councilDistrict": "9" }

⚠️ Good to Know: the source dataset is updated daily by APD. Some recent incidents may be redacted while investigations are open.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🔢 incidentReportNumber	string	APD report number
🏷️ crimeType	string	Free-text crime label
📚 categoryDescription	string	UCR category
🆔 ucrCode	string	UCR offense code
📅 occurrenceDate	string	When the incident occurred
📝 reportDate	string	When the incident was reported
🏠 locationType	string	Location category
🗳️ councilDistrict	string	Council district 1-10
🧭 sector	string	APD patrol sector
🚓 district	string	APD district
👨‍👩‍👧 familyViolence	boolean	Family violence flag
✅ clearanceStatus	string	Case clearance
🗺️ censusBlockGroup	string	Census block group
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

{
  "incidentReportNumber": "2002923330284",
  "crimeType": "FAMILY DISTURBANCE",
  "categoryDescription": null,
  "ucrCode": "3400",
  "occurrenceDate": "01/29/2003  05:30",
  "councilDistrict": "6",
  "familyViolence": false,
  "clearanceStatus": "N"
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🆓 Free to start, 10 items preview
• ⚡ Direct Socrata API access, no scraping latency
• 🔍 Powerful date and substring filters
• 📦 CSV, Excel, JSON, XML exports out of the box
• 🤝 Hands-off, no auth or API key required

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Feature	This Actor	Manual CSV Download	Custom Code
Filter by district	✅	❌	⚠️
Date range	✅	⚠️	✅
Export formats	4	1	1
Setup time	seconds	hours	days

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 credit
2. Open the Austin Crime Data Scraper
3. Enter optional filters and maxItems
4. Click Start
5. Download CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Insurance underwriting

Score neighborhoods on real incident counts by category and district.

Real estate due diligence

Pull 12 months of crime within a council district before closing.

Civic journalism

Trend analysis on family violence or burglary across years.

Academic research

Longitudinal datasets for criminology coursework.

🔌 Automating Austin Crime Data Scraper

Connect to Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive, S3, BigQuery to receive scheduled crime updates.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Academic criminology, GIS, urban planning studies.

Personal

Neighborhood watch dashboards.

Non-profit

Victim advocacy organizations tracking trends.

Experimentation

Build a public crime map.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Where does the data come from? A: City of Austin Open Data Portal at data.austintexas.gov.

Q: Is an API key required? A: No.

Q: How often is the source updated? A: Daily by APD.

Q: What date range is covered? A: 2003 to present.

Q: Can I filter by neighborhood? A: Filter by council district and sector. Neighborhoods are derivable from coordinates.

Q: Does it include arrests? A: No. Reports only.

Q: What formats can I export? A: CSV, Excel, JSON, XML.

Q: Are addresses included? A: Census block group only. APD redacts addresses for privacy.

Q: Can I schedule daily runs? A: Yes, via Apify Scheduler.

Q: Is this affiliated with APD? A: No. Independent tool using public open data.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, n8n, Pipedream, Slack, Discord, Airbyte, Fivetran, GitHub, Google Drive, S3, BigQuery, Snowflake, Webhooks.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the City of Austin or Austin Police Department. Only publicly available open data is collected.