Putting crime statistics in perspective

We hope you’ve read the first half of our interview with Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld. He recently spent 90 minutes answering former Baltimore Sun reporter Melody Simmon’s questions for us. Look for the second half of their conversation here on Monday.

A reporter still at The Sun who does a great job writing about crime is Peter Hermann. We’re glad to connect to his Baltimore Crime Beat blog through a widget on our Web site.

Peter also writes about local crime for The Sun’s news pages. On Friday he analyzed statistics mentioned in our Bealefeld interview.

We link to other worthy blogs. On the left side of our homepage you’ll find Baltimore Crime and Baltimore Slumlord. The inside view of Buz on Crime also deserves your time. Baltimore Brew and Investigative Voice often write about crime.

And the Local Crime Map is another handy source on our homepage.

Be safe. And informed.