CrimeRadar Downloads & RevenueCrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts · Google Play
CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts is #3 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 1 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts update history & changes
Last change · 15 events since 22 May 2025Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 15 events
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts updated to version 26.44.0No release notes
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts updated to version 26.43.0No release notes
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts updated to version 26.42.1No release notes
- 📈CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts new best rank in the overall chart: #55Top Free · All Apps · US
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts updated to version 26.42.0No release notes
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts updated to version 26.41.0No release notes
- 📈CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts new best rank in the overall chart: #58Top Free · All Apps · US
- 📈CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts new best rank in the overall chart: #65Top Free · All Apps · US
- 📈CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts new best rank in the overall chart: #66Top Free · All Apps · US
- 🆕CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts first spotted by AppInsiderUnited States
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts updated to version 26.38.1No release notes
- 📦CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts version 26.39.0No release notes
- 🆕CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts: its developer released another app: ReelBee - Short Drama Series
- 🆕CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
News & Magazines FreeCrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
CrimeRadar is a free public safety application that uses AI to summarize and map live first-responder radio dispatches for users seeking real-time awareness of local incidents. The app has rapidly climbed to #3 in the US News & Magazines Free category and #76 in All Apps Free, indicating strong recent adoption driven by its unique audio-to-map utility.
Similar apps: Citizen, Nextdoor, PulsePoint
CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts on Google Play
App details
CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #3 |
| United States | News & MagazinesGrossing | #21 |
| United States | All AppsFree | #74 |
Apps near CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #3.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's ability to provide local safety alerts and community awareness, often citing it as a useful tool for staying informed. However, recent updates have triggered significant backlash due to aggressive monetization, including paywalls for previously free features, intrusive ads, and perceived inaccuracies in real-time data.
Mostly positive (81% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Updates: “great local news and updates”
- Useful: “reliable, current, useful”
- Fun: “At the least it's entertaining”
- Ease of use
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “The latest is to pay them to see the faces/pix of offenders”
- Ads: “was good now ads every 3rd police report”
- Updates: “An update recently removed the [free] ability to get notifications for nearby events unless you get their newly introduced Premium”
About CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts
Safety Alerts: From wildfires to highway accidents and police callouts, stay aware with notifications based on live dispatch audio
Safety Map: View recent dispatch activity, linked directly to the original audio for context
Customizable Filters: Choose the types of activity you want to track via the map, alerts, and incident logs
First-Responder Radio: Tap any event to listen to original communications for yourself
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