Crime Mapping Software

It is software that turns incident records with addresses into a map showing where events concentrate and how areas compare. Maptive runs in the browser and builds the map from ordinary spreadsheet columns, so no GIS background is involved. It is a visualization and analysis tool, not a prediction system, and it works from the data you give it. More than 60 mapping and analysis tools come on every plan, from heat maps and boundary fills to spreadsheet exports taken directly from the map.

Maptive's 45 Day Pass is $250 for one user, which fits a single analysis or a defined project. The Pro plan is $1,250 a year or $110 a month billed monthly. The Team plan is $2,500 a year or $220 a month, and it covers five users with collaboration and a dedicated success manager. Enterprise pricing is volume-based. All 60+ tools and the census data come with every tier, so the choice is about users and data capacity rather than features.

Yes. The trial lasts 10 days and asks for no credit card, with every tool unlocked from the first login. You evaluate the platform on a real incident file rather than demo data, so anything built during the trial reflects actual data. Upload a spreadsheet or paste from the clipboard, and a working map is ready in minutes. When the trial ends, the account expires unless you choose a plan, and no billing information is collected at signup. Support is available during the trial.

No. Maptive was built for people who have useful data and no background in geographic information systems. The tools work through the map interface, and every change shows its effect as you click. Most users have a first working map within about thirty minutes. When a question comes up, the US and Canada support team answers by phone and email in under 15 minutes, and onboarding can walk a research team through its first maps. No software installation is required.

Download the file from the public portal as Excel or CSV and upload it directly, or paste rows from the clipboard. Geocoding happens during the upload and reconciles what the file contains, including missing ZIP codes and inconsistent address fields. Every other column stays attached to its marker, so incident type, date and severity become things to color by and filter on. For a file that updates, a connected Google Sheet refreshes the map when the sheet does, and no reformatting is needed first.

No. Maptive maps and analyzes the data you give it, showing where incidents have concentrated and how areas compare. It does not forecast future events, and it has no predictive-policing features. If your question is about what the recorded data shows, such as hotspots, trends by area or demographic context, that is exactly what the platform answers. Anything beyond the recorded data needs a different category of tool. Support can clarify which questions fit, and the trial answers this on your own data in minutes.

Every plan includes more than 50 US Census variables at no extra cost, published at state, county, ZIP code, census-tract and block-group level, with Canadian data included as well. The variables cover population density, household income and age, among other measures, and they appear underneath your incident points. That pairing lets you compare where incidents concentrate against who lives in each area, which is the basis for per-area comparison rather than raw counts. It is included on every plan, with nothing extra to buy.

Maptive encrypts data with 256-bit SSL in transit and at rest, and access controls include two-factor authentication and single sign-on, with role-based permissions set per user, so a collaborator can be given one map and nothing else. Sensitive columns can be hidden from everyone you share with, and passwords can be required on shared links. Audit logging records what was accessed and by whom, and uptime across 2025 was 99.9%. The platform passed the Salesforce AppExchange security review, and regional storage options are available.

Yes. A shared map opens from a link without a Maptive account, and an interactive version can be embedded on a website for readers to explore. The map owner controls what viewers can do, from which tools appear to which data columns are visible. For print and reports, the same map exports at presentation resolution or poster size, and the records behind the view export as a spreadsheet so the figures can be checked. No account is needed on the reader's side.

One map can show over 200,000 markers, and a data set can include up to 100,000 locations on the Pro and Team plans, or 50,000 on the 45 Day Pass. Enterprise capacity is volume-based for larger files. Every marker has the columns that came with it, so filtering and heat weighting work at full volume rather than on a sample. For multi-year files, the filter tool is the practical way to work, since one period or incident type can be isolated and shared on its own.