Development of criminal spot mapping mobile application for travelling security

Crime in the streets in Indonesia is a very serious problem and has become a great concern for the Government. Evert year the crime rate is increasing. One of the method to reduce it is by increase community awareness and increase response time of crime detection. The research objective is to develop an android-based application to monitor the safety of its user while traveling. With this application, user's inner circle can monitor their trip location and status therefore increasing the cautiousness. In addition, user can also find crime spots that will be passed while doing trips and share information to other users about crime spots. The methodology used in this application is data collection method, literature studies, and through questionnaires. The method used to develop the program is Scrum. The result of the development is an android-based application. The conclusions of this development are the application is expected to increase community awareness and to reduce the crime rate in Indonesia.