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Life of a Crime

How Memphis Crime Beat studies crime and the criminal justice system from beginning to end.

WHY IT MATTERS

One framework. Multiple points of accountability.

Each stage raises a different question: How much crime is reported? Are arrests being made? How long are people held? What happens in court? What sentences are imposed? And what happens afterward? Memphis Crime Beat uses data and Court Watch observations to help citizens follow those questions across the system.

Life of a Crime flow chart: Crime Committed, Crime Reported, Arrest Made, Bail Set, Prosecuted, Case Result, Sentence, with Reoffend, Rearrest and Rehabilitate paths

EXPLORE THE DATA

Explore the stages

Move from the framework into the data Memphis Crime Beat tracks at different points in the process.

Crime Committed & ReportedStart with MPD crime statistics and reported offenses.Crime Reporting & ClearanceUse TBI statistics to add statewide reporting and clearance context.Arrest, Bail & JailExplore booking, detention, release and jail measures.Prosecution & Case ResultFollow cases through Criminal Court, dispositions and sentencing.Crime in ContextCompare Memphis crime rates with other cities.Enforcement ActivityExplore Memphis Safe Task Force filings and warrants served.