GIP and Crime Mapping

Application Exercise 4: GIS and Crime Mapping

 

Task 1: Geocoding

 

The number of crime events to be geocoded was:

 

The number of crime events successfully geocoded was:

 

The geocoding hit rate is hit rate is:   %

 

What are the id numbers of the events that were not mapped?

 

Can you guess why the google geocoding engine struggled to locate these events by their description?

 

Task 2: Patterns in Time

 

Write no more than a paragraph describing the high risk time(s) of the day.

 

Task 3: Pattern in Space

 

Write no more than a paragraph describing how crime clusters at particular locations. Add a screenshot of the map you created.

 

 

Task 4: Recommendations

 

Think about how the observed patterns might be combined to provide recommendations about operational practices, crime prevention or further analytical work.

 

Comments on geocoding:

 

Comments on space and time patterns: