Reading the AI Crime Heatmap

The AI Crime Heatmap on the map screen is HaevenX's predictive layer: not a record of what happened, but a forecast of where activity is most likely in the next 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days. Reading it well means knowing what each color means, what data it's based on, and what its limits are.

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Heatmap Full

A neighborhood map with the AI Crime Heatmap overlay showing yellow, orange, and red circles

What the colors mean

• Yellow: low predicted activity. Roughly equivalent to a quiet residential street on a weekday afternoon.
• Orange: medium. Watch your surroundings, no special caution needed.
• Red: elevated. The AI sees an unusual concentration of recent or predicted activity. Worth being more aware here.
• White-hot center: a red circle with a bright center is an active flash zone, real-time activity within the last few hours.

Toggle: history vs forecast

At the top of the heatmap legend you can switch between two modes:

• Recent activity (default): what actually happened in the last 7-90 days, density-mapped from real incident data and verified news.
• Forecast: what the AI thinks will happen in the next 24h / 7d / 30d. Based on a spatial point-process model trained on your area.

The four-tier evidence panel

Tap any circle (especially a red one) and a panel slides up showing exactly why the AI rated this zone the way it did. There are four tiers of evidence; each one is independently linked:

1. Resident reports from the HaevenX community in your area.
2. News articles: geocoded news mentions of incidents at this location, with links you can click to read the source.
3. Open data: police-blotter and government datasets where available (varies by city).
4. Model reasoning: a one-paragraph plain-English summary of why the AI thinks this zone is elevated, beyond the raw counts (e.g., "this corner has historically activated after football games").

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Evidence Panel

The 4-tier evidence panel showing reports, news, open data, and AI reasoning

What the heatmap is not

• It is not a list of suspects. The colors describe areas, not people.
• It is not certainty. A red zone can have a quiet night; a yellow zone can have an incident. The AI gets it right ~80% of the time on a 24h horizon.
• It is not a substitute for SOS. If you're in danger, press SOS regardless of what color the map shows.

Adjusting the time window

Tap the time chip ("Last 7 days") above the heatmap to switch between 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days. Shorter windows are more responsive to current events; longer windows show the persistent patterns.