Maps will be released to the public showing how many violent attacks have taken place on every street, including how close they were to schools, pubs and cash points.
The maps, which will use Google-style images of actual streets and parks, will also detail the precise locations of a raft of other offences - such as car crime and yobbish behaviour.
The Home Office said the project would for the first time give residents a true picture of the state of their community.
But experts warned it could cause huge damage to neighbourhoods which are blighted by crime - knocking thousands from house prices overnight.
It could also lead to schools in high-crime areas struggling to attract children.
James Scott-Lee, of the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors, said: 'Whilst RICS fully supports efforts by the government to reduce instances of crime, publishing this information will no doubt have an effect on local house prices - not to dissimilar to school and hospital league tables.
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