Buffalo NY Police Crime Incidents (City of Buffalo Open Data)

buffalonyopendata/crime-incidents

Police-reported crime incidents in Buffalo, New York from the City of Buffalo open data portal (Buffalo Police Department): case number, date and time, incident type and parent category (Theft, Assault, Robbery, Breaking and Entering, and so on), street address (hundred-block), neighborhood, police district, council district, ZIP and latitude and longitude. Newest first by default; filter with a SoQL where clause such as parent_incident_type='Theft' AND incident_datetime > '2026-10-01T00:00:00'. 1 to 200 rows per call. The data is preliminary and updated daily. Passed through and served by Eden Engine; not an official City of Buffalo product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

City of Buffalo Open Data

Data from the City of Buffalo, NY open data portal (data.buffalony.gov); crime incident records are published by the Buffalo Police Department as Public Domain U.S. Government per the dataset's own metadata. Served by Eden Engine; not an official City of Buffalo product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/crime-incidents" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/crime-incidents" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/crime-incidents", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/crime-incidents", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 24, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "limit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 200,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Number of incident rows to return, 1 to 200."
    },
    "order": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "incident_datetime DESC",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9_]+( (ASC|DESC))?$",
      "description": "Sort column and direction, for example incident_datetime DESC (the default, newest first) or neighborhood ASC."
    },
    "where": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "minLength": 3,
      "description": "Optional SoQL filter on the dataset's columns, for example parent_incident_type='Theft' AND incident_datetime > '2026-10-01T00:00:00'. Columns: case_number, incident_datetime, incident_type_primary, parent_incident_type, incident_description, hour_of_day, day_of_week, address_1, neighborhood, police_district, council_district, zip_code, latitude, longitude. Text values are case sensitive and in single quotes."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "latitude": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "zip_code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "address_1": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Hundred-block street address."
          },
          "longitude": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "case_number": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "day_of_week": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "hour_of_day": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "neighborhood": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "police_district": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "council_district": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "incident_datetime": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Local Buffalo time, no UTC offset."
          },
          "incident_description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "parent_incident_type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "incident_type_primary": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "One object per incident; empty when nothing matches the filter."
    }
  },
  "description": "`results` holds the incident rows exactly as the portal sends them. Every value is a string except `location`.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}