This page is based on public information available from ATTOM and CrimeScore as of July 10, 2026. It is not an endorsement by or affiliation with ATTOM.
| Category | CrimeScore | ATTOM |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product | Higher-is-safer scores, component scores, contributors, nearby incidents, and map layers. | Property, sales, ownership, valuation, boundary, POI, and community data APIs. |
| Crime data style | A 0–100 Safety Score with A–F grades and component detail. | Community crime index fields delivered alongside a much broader area-data package. |
| Developer workflow | Focused REST endpoints, OpenAPI examples, dashboard keys, and embeddable maps. | API key, interactive documentation, property resources, community data, and bulk products. |
| Best fit | Teams adding a dedicated safety signal and map to an existing product. | Teams consolidating property and neighborhood data with one broad vendor. |
CrimeScore may fit when
- Applications that need a focused Safety Score contract rather than a broad property record.
- Teams that want public maps, ZIP/ZCTA pages, score contributors, and nearby incidents from one product.
- Buyers who already have property data and need a separate safety layer.
ATTOM may fit when
- Real estate products buying property, ownership, valuation, school, boundary, and community data together.
- Teams that need ATTOM property identifiers and its wider property API ecosystem.
- Organizations evaluating bulk community or property datasets in addition to API access.
Focused safety product versus broad property platform
ATTOM's developer platform covers property details, sales, ownership, mortgages, valuations, schools, boundaries, points of interest, and community data. Crime is one part of that broader real estate data offering. CrimeScore concentrates on a smaller surface: Safety Scores, grades, components, contributor explanations, nearby incidents, and map layers.
That makes ATTOM relevant when vendor consolidation matters and makes CrimeScore relevant when the safety layer itself needs a clear contract, public discovery pages, and dedicated map UX.
Score convention and integration
CrimeScore uses one explicit customer-facing convention: 100 is highest modeled safety and A is the best grade. ATTOM's community crime fields are crime indices rather than CrimeScore's A–F safety contract, so teams should map labels and direction deliberately before displaying them together.
Both products support authenticated developer workflows. The practical choice is whether the implementation needs a dedicated safety product or a larger property and neighborhood data platform.
How to choose
Choose CrimeScore when the deliverable is a safety badge, score explanation, nearby-incident panel, or embeddable safety map. Choose ATTOM when crime context is one field group inside a broader property-data procurement decision.
Evaluate geographic coverage, field definitions, update cadence, licensing, and the exact response needed by the user interface before selecting either option.
Next steps
If you are comparing crime data products, start with the public ZIP code crime map, inspect the national crime safety map, and review response shapes in the API reference. Use the playground when you are ready to run a request.