Criminal Reduction Utilising Statistical History

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Criminal Reduction Utilising Statistical History (CRUSH) is an IBM predictive analytics system that attempts to predict the location of future crimes.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jul/25/police-software-crime-prediction|title=Crime software may help police predict violent offences|date=25 July 2010|access-date=26 July 2010|publisher=The Observer|author=Tony Thompson}} It was developed as part of the Blue CRUSH program in conjunction with Memphis Police Department and the University of Memphis Criminology and Research department.{{cite web|url=http://www.information-management.com/news/predictive_analytics_police_ibm-10018311-1.html|title=A Cop When You Need One|publisher=Information Management|date=21 July 2010|access-date=26 July 2010|author=Jim Ericson}} In Memphis it was “credited as a key factor behind a 31 per cent fall in crime and 15 per cent drop in violent crime.”{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Richi |title=Minority Report is reality, kinda (and APIEpicFail) |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2468644/minority-report-is-reality--kinda--and-apiepicfail-.html |website=computerworld.com |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=13 August 2019}}

{{as of|July 2010}}, it was being trialed by two British police forces.

In 2014 a modified version of the system, called CRASH (Crash Reduction Analysing Statistical History) became operational in Tennessee aimed at preventing vehicle accidents.{{cite news |last1=Crawford |first1=David |title=CRASH Predicts 'unpredictable' in traffic incidents |url=https://www.itsinternational.com/categories/gis-mapping/features/crash-predicts-unpredictable-in-traffic-incidents/ |access-date=13 August 2019 |agency=ITS International |date=September–October 2015 }}