The ratio of number of residents in Hazelwood to the number of sex offenders is 450 to 1. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average. Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Florissant, MO (2.6 miles , pop. 50,497).
A key performance indicator (KPI) is a business metric used to evaluate factors that are crucial to the success of an organization. KPIs differ per organization; business KPIs may be net revenue or a customer loyalty metric, while government might consider unemployment rates.
In the first case, you have not met your goal; but, in the second case, you have. Only by quantifying the KPI used to measure performance in this case, are you able to determine whether you have succeeded or not. Finally, the KPIs must be linked directly to the specific measures of the organization's success. Simply tracking data over time, and reporting it back to management, is not useful if the data itself is not meaningful to the measure of success.