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About These Tools

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is presenting these data tools for your information and use, but did not create them. These tools may be subject to copyright, and should be used within the terms of use outlined in any copyright restrictions.

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We hope you find these tools useful. We advise you to keep in mind that the content in these tools may cover sensitive issues that could be triggering for certain individuals.

North Carolina Justice Data Portal

Author: North Carolina Department of Public Safety–Criminal Justice Analysis Center
Tool Type: Dashboard
Existing Data Source

The North Carolina Justice Data Portal includes statewide and county-level criminal justice data visualizations, such as reported crimes, crime types, victim demographics, reporting agencies, and traffic stops by recent years. Contributing agencies are the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). This tool allows stakeholders to study trends and patterns in criminal justice, identify areas for improvement, allocate resources to areas in need, and monitor progress over time.

Healthy Communities NC Dashboard

Author: Cape Fear Collective
Tool Type: Dashboard
Existing Data Source

The interactive Healthy Communities NC Data Dashboard brings together and visualizes indicator data related to the Healthy NC 2030 goals. Data are displayed at the county and census-tract levels, as well as by region (mountains, sandhills, Triangle, Charlotte-metro, etc.) and show relative rankings to compare one county to others across the state. Using this tool, you can see an overview of your county’s status and challenges, and compare them with other counties / communities in the state.

Rural Opportunity Institute Data Dashboard for Edgecombe County

Author: Rural Opportunities Institute (ROI)
Tool Type: Dashboard
Existing Data Source

The ROI Data Dashboard for Edgecombe County is a comprehensive spreadsheet of indicators in the areas of Safety and Peace, Love and Support, Trust in Public Institutions, and Parent and Family Engagement for trauma- and resilience-focused work. These domains were selected collaboratively by ROI and community members. Each indicator has various corresponding measures. Existing secondary data with links are provided in the file as well. This dashboard can be used as a catalogue of useful indicators to link to data sources identified as relevant by one community in Edgecombe County.