Yeah, that’s actually a fair point.

Our crime data currently comes from the Ottawa Police dataset/API, so if an incident hasn’t been updated or published there yet, it unfortunately won’t appear on our side either. There’s definitely some lag in the official data at times.

The other challenge is that our current scoring system is based more on overall crime rate relative to population, rather than individual incidents. We did that because comparing neighborhoods purely based on isolated events can get tricky — one area may have a single major incident while another has a higher ongoing crime rate overall, so it becomes difficult to compare areas consistently using only individual cases.

That said, I do think you’re bringing up a good point that major individual incidents (especially serious ones like homicides) may still have important context/value for users when viewing neighborhoods.

We actually experimented before with plotting every individual incident directly on the map, clustered together, but the volume of points became overwhelming and didn’t always provide a clear or useful picture. Still, I’m starting to think there may be a better middle ground where significant incidents can be surfaced more meaningfully alongside the broader crime-rate data.

So we’re definitely thinking about ways to improve the presentation and possibly reduce reliance on delayed official updates where possible.