Predictive policing: how machine learning startups are helping prevent crimes! - Think Big Data

In the last couple of years, one of the most interesting application areas where machine learning has found traction is crime prediction. City police departments, across the globe, have been enthusiastically embracing the technological intervention that can improve crime analysis or its prevention rates. By focusing on crime prediction, police forces can not only focus on increasing optimization and efficiency in police force deployment but also prevent crimes. While we are far from the science fiction of Minority Report becoming a truth, various reports have suggested that implementation of these software has helped police departments in either preventing or accurately predicting crimes by approximately 10-15%. This is a significant number, given that we are talking about saving human lives at risk here.