I Made A Crime Map For The WHOLE Lehigh Valley (Free)
Some of you may remember a while back I posted about the Allentown Crime Map I built (here). I was honestly kind of shocked by how well that was received — way more people started using it daily than I ever expected, and the feedback meant a lot to me.
The one thing I kept hearing over and over though was "can you add Bethlehem?" or "what about Easton?" or just generally "can you do this for the whole valley?" So I put my head down for a while and got to work.
I'm excited to finally share LVCrimeMap.com — a live Police, Fire & EMS dispatch map covering all of Lehigh and Northampton County. Every call that comes in gets pinned on the map with a description of what's happening, and you can also pull up the actual audio from the dispatch call along with a transcript.
It's still a work in progress and there are definitely some rough edges, so if you run into any bugs please let me know and don't give up on it — I'm pushing updates constantly and turn things around fast.
Important: For mobile users — the web version isn't great on phones yet, but there's a free iOS app if you want the full experience. Android is in the works and should be ready within the next week or so.
Would love to hear how people end up using it, and as always, positive or negative feedback is welcome. That's genuinely what helped shape this version in the first place.