Data-Informed Community Engagement for Safer Communities
The Newark Public Safety Collaborative (NPSC) seeks to democratize access to data and place-based analysis, empower community organizations as co-producers of public safety, and mobilize local resources and expertise to address Newark’s most pressing crime challenges.
The Newark Public Safety Collaborative (NPSC) is a Rutgers University–Newark anchor initiative that advances community safety through data-informed community engagement, place-based analytics, and collaborative problem-solving. Since 2018, NPSC has convened community organizations, researchers, local government agencies, businesses, and other key local stakeholders to co-produce strategies that prevent crime and violence across Newark.
Through its innovative framework, NPSC democratizes access to data and analytics, empowers community-led responses to public safety, and mobilizes stakeholders around shared strategies to strengthen community wellbeing and support thriving neighborhoods.
NPSC supports efforts to prevent crime and enhance public safety by making data and research evidence accessible to local community groups and change agents.
As part of its commitment to democratizing data and analytics, NPSC provides a Community Safety Data Dashboard featuring monthly updates on local crime trends and patterns. By making these data accessible, NPSC seeks to support informed decision-making, strengthen community-led public safety efforts, and expand access to information that can help communities address local safety concerns. Click the image below to access the dashboard.
Community groups lead the way in NPSC’s membership
The NPSC serves a diverse network of stakeholders from across Newark's constituencies and sectors, including community-based grassroots organizations and large corporations.
Effective public safety strategies require data-informed community engagement that integrates resident expertise and lived experience with place-based analysis to identify, understand, and address neighborhood challenges.
Reimagining Justice with Data-Informed Community Engagement
Co-producing Public Safety with Data-Informed Community Engagement
“By democratizing access to data and analytics, community groups can fully engage in problem-solving activities effectively. Collectively, local stakeholders can pool their resources and expertise toward the common objective of producing community safety and wellness.”
Dr. Alejandro Gimenez-Santana