Oakland’s First Fridays festivals have been followed by unsanctioned, chaotic after-hours gatherings in the streets near the official event area for several years.
Is there any way to publish a table showing the actual data for specific crime categories assessed on FF event nights versus non-FF event nights? I think the actual data would be more useful. Percentages can often be misleading.
Yesterday, I ate one donut. Today, I ate two donuts. That’s an increase of one donut. That is also a 100% increase of my consumption of fried, sugary pastries that could potentially lead to diabetes, heart disease, or stroke. Same data. Drastically different presentations of data.
Also, it is my understanding that the late night / early morning takeovers have occurred on first Fridays of the month when there is not an official FF event. How do should we interpret that data? Just the memory of a FF event leads to an increase in crime? Is crime higher on Friday than other days of the week? What does a comparison by day look like? How does it compare to Taco Tuesday?
Hi Josh, thank you for your comment. The raw data in spreadsheet format is included with the data visualizations at https://www.citizensoakland.org/first-fridays-incident-data, and is available for download directly from the Oakland Police Department's Crimewatch data portal (see endnote 3). Thank you again for your comment; the discussion is appreciated.
Another story you won’t see in the oaklandside, for reasons that should not need expplaing.
Is there any way to publish a table showing the actual data for specific crime categories assessed on FF event nights versus non-FF event nights? I think the actual data would be more useful. Percentages can often be misleading.
Yesterday, I ate one donut. Today, I ate two donuts. That’s an increase of one donut. That is also a 100% increase of my consumption of fried, sugary pastries that could potentially lead to diabetes, heart disease, or stroke. Same data. Drastically different presentations of data.
Also, it is my understanding that the late night / early morning takeovers have occurred on first Fridays of the month when there is not an official FF event. How do should we interpret that data? Just the memory of a FF event leads to an increase in crime? Is crime higher on Friday than other days of the week? What does a comparison by day look like? How does it compare to Taco Tuesday?
Just curious.
Hi Josh, thank you for your comment. The raw data in spreadsheet format is included with the data visualizations at https://www.citizensoakland.org/first-fridays-incident-data, and is available for download directly from the Oakland Police Department's Crimewatch data portal (see endnote 3). Thank you again for your comment; the discussion is appreciated.
Oh great. Thank you. You know I read this stuff on my phone and have a tendency to miss details. Have a great day!!