Uk Crime

{
  "by_category": [
    {
      "category": "other-theft",
      "count": 860,
      "share_pct": 20.7
    },
    {
      "category": "theft-from-the-person",
      "count": 731,
      "share_pct": 17.6
    },
    {
      "category": "violent-crime",
      "count": 642,
      "share_pct": 15.4
    },
    {
      "category": "shoplifting",
      "count": 591,
      "share_pct": 14.2
    },
    {
      "category": "anti-social-behaviour",
      "count": 527,
      "share_pct": 12.7
    },
    {
      "category": "public-order",
      "count": 194,
      "share_pct": 4.7
    },
    {
      "category": "drugs",
      "count": 144,
      "share_pct": 3.5
    },
    {
      "category": "robbery",
      "count": 144,
      "share_pct": 3.5
    },
    {
      "category": "burglary",
      "count": 120,
      "share_pct": 2.9
    },
    {
      "category": "vehicle-crime",
      "count": 81,
      "share_pct": 1.9
    },
    {
      "category": "bicycle-theft",
      "count": 70,
      "share_pct": 1.7
    },
    {
      "category": "possession-of-weapons",
      "count": 24,
      "share_pct": 0.6
    },
    {
      "category": "other-crime",
      "count": 23,
      "share_pct": 0.6
    },
    {
      "category": "criminal-damage-arson",
      "count": 9,
      "share_pct": 0.2
    }
  ],
  "hottest_streets": [
    {
      "count": 375,
      "street": "On or near Nightclub"
    },
    {
      "count": 261,
      "street": "On or near Theatre/concert Hall"
    },
    {
      "count": 155,
      "street": "On or near Further/higher Educational Building"
    },
    {
      "count": 129,
      "street": "On or near Parking Area"
    },
    {
      "count": 110,
      "street": "On or near Shopping Area"
    }
  ],
  "location": {
    "lat": 51.5074,
    "lon": -0.1278
  },
  "month": "2026-08",
  "note": "Crimes are snapped to anonymous map points by the police, so street names are approximate. England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.",
  "radius": "about 1 mile (1.6 km)",
  "source": "data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0)",
  "top_outcomes": [
    {
      "count": 1763,
      "outcome": "Investigation complete; no suspect identified"
    },
    {
      "count": 1491,
      "outcome": "Under investigation"
    },
    {
      "count": 221,
      "outcome": "Unable to prosecute suspect"
    },
    {
      "count": 123,
      "outcome": "Awaiting court outcome"
    },
    {
      "count": 24,
      "outcome": "Local resolution"
    },
    {
      "count": 3,
      "outcome": "Action to be taken by another organisation"
    }
  ],
  "total_crimes": 4160
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://saylorinnovations.com/api/uk/crime?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://saylorinnovations.com/api/uk/crime?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaylorinnovations.com%2Fapi%2Fuk%2Fcrime
const res = await pay("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/uk/crime?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/uk/crime?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)