---
title: ToolRouter — Tool Detail
description: Detailed documentation for a ToolRouter tool including skills, parameters, and examples.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/crime-stats
---
# Crime Stats

Crime data for UK, US, and 35+ European countries. Street-level crime near any UK location, national stats from FBI and Eurostat, cross-border comparisons, and UK stop-and-search records with demographic breakdowns.

- **Version:** 0.01
- **Categories:** data
- **Workflow:** search_crimes → crime_stats → compare_countries → stop_and_search

## Skills (4)

### Search Crimes (`search_crimes`)

Search for crimes near a specific location at street level. Returns individual crime reports with category, location, date, and outcome. Currently covers England, Wales & Northern Ireland.

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `latitude` | number | Yes | Latitude of the search location |
| `longitude` | number | Yes | Longitude of the search location |
| `date` | string | No | Month to search in YYYY-MM format (default: latest available) |
| `category` | string | No | Filter by crime category (all-crime, anti-social-behaviour, bicycle-theft, burglary, criminal-damage-arson, drugs, other-theft, possession-of-weapons, public-order, robbery, shoplifting, theft-from-the-person, vehicle-crime, violent-crime) |
| `limit` | number | No | Maximum crime records to return (default: 50, max: 200) [default: 50] |

**Returns:** Street-level crime reports with category, location, date, outcome, and aggregate breakdown by crime type

**Examples:**

*Crimes near central London:*

```json
{
  "latitude": 51.5074,
  "longitude": -0.1278
}
```

*Burglaries near Manchester in January 2025:*

```json
{
  "latitude": 53.4808,
  "longitude": -2.2426,
  "category": "burglary",
  "date": "2025-01"
}
```

*Vehicle crime near Birmingham:*

```json
{
  "latitude": 52.4862,
  "longitude": -1.8904,
  "category": "vehicle-crime"
}
```

### Crime Stats (`crime_stats`)

Get national or regional crime statistics. US data from the FBI covers violent crime, homicide, robbery, assault, property crime, burglary, larceny, and vehicle theft — filterable by state. European data from Eurostat covers 35 countries with ICCS crime categories.

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `country_code` | string | Yes | ISO 2-letter country code: US for FBI data, or any European country (DE, FR, IT, ES, GB, NL, SE, NO, etc.) |
| `region` | string | No | US state abbreviation (e.g. CA, NY, TX). Only applies to US. |
| `year` | string | No | Specific year to query (e.g. "2022"). Default: most recent 5 years. |

**Returns:** Crime statistics with counts and rates per 100,000 population, broken down by crime type and year

**Examples:**

*US national crime statistics:*

```json
{
  "country_code": "US"
}
```

*Crime in California:*

```json
{
  "country_code": "US",
  "region": "CA"
}
```

*Crime statistics for Germany:*

```json
{
  "country_code": "DE"
}
```

*Crime in France for 2022:*

```json
{
  "country_code": "FR",
  "year": "2022"
}
```

### Compare Countries (`compare_countries`)

Compare crime rates side-by-side across multiple countries. Combines FBI data (US) with Eurostat data (35 European countries) for cross-border comparison. Supports homicide rates, robbery, burglary, and violent crime.

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `countries` | array | Yes | List of ISO country codes to compare (e.g. ["US", "DE", "FR", "GB", "SE"]). 2-15 countries. |
| `crime_type` | string | No | Type of crime to compare: homicide, robbery, burglary, violent (default: homicide) (homicide, robbery, burglary, violent) [default: "homicide"] |
| `year` | string | No | Specific year to compare (default: most recent available) |

**Returns:** Ranked comparison of crime rates across countries with highest and lowest indicators

**Examples:**

*Compare homicide rates across major countries:*

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "US",
    "DE",
    "FR",
    "GB",
    "SE",
    "NO"
  ],
  "crime_type": "homicide"
}
```

*Compare robbery in Western Europe:*

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "GB",
    "FR",
    "DE",
    "ES",
    "IT",
    "NL"
  ],
  "crime_type": "robbery"
}
```

### Stop and Search (`stop_and_search`)

Get police stop and search records near a location in England and Wales. Includes reason for stop, outcome, and demographic breakdowns by ethnicity, gender, and age.

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `latitude` | number | Yes | Latitude of the search location |
| `longitude` | number | Yes | Longitude of the search location |
| `date` | string | No | Month in YYYY-MM format (default: latest available) |
| `limit` | number | No | Maximum records to return (default: 50, max: 200) [default: 50] |

**Returns:** Stop and search records with demographic breakdowns by outcome, reason, ethnicity, gender, and age

**Examples:**

*Stop and search near Brixton:*

```json
{
  "latitude": 51.4613,
  "longitude": -0.1156
}
```

*Stop and search in central Manchester:*

```json
{
  "latitude": 53.4808,
  "longitude": -2.2426
}
```

## Quick Start

```bash
# Via CLI
TOOLROUTER_API_KEY=tr_live_xxx npx -y toolrouter-mcp call crime-stats search_crimes --latitude 51.5074 --longitude -0.1278

# Via REST API
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer tr_live_xxx" \
     -d '{"tool":"crime-stats","skill":"search_crimes","input":{"latitude":51.5074,"longitude":-0.1278}}' \
     https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call
```

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can it show street-level crimes near a location?

Yes. `search_crimes` returns individual crime reports near a latitude and longitude and covers England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

### Can I get national or state crime statistics?

`crime_stats` covers US national and state data from the FBI, plus 35+ European countries through Eurostat.

### Can it compare countries side by side?

Yes. `compare_countries` ranks countries by crime type so you can compare homicide, robbery, burglary, or violent crime across borders.

### Does it include stop and search records?

Yes. `stop_and_search` shows police stop and search records in England and Wales with demographic breakdowns by ethnicity, gender, and age.

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