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I’ve written about this before but it’s worth pointing out again. There are real shortcomings in trying to compare different areas by crime rate. It really doesn’t give you a clear picture and leads to huge distortions. So what is … Continue reading
As someone who had items stolen from his car recently – I left it open and my prescription glasses and cheap scratched sunglasses were taken – I wanted to know more about it and if the hotspots had changed in … Continue reading
This is a question that needs to be asked because the UK’s approx. 2,500 postcode districts vary massively in size – from 2.33 hectares in London WC1A to 85,165 hectares in LD3 in Wales. And they vary just as hugely … Continue reading
1. The Postcode Crime Report. This works with full postcode or postcode district – just type in your postcode or postcode district, enter your email, select radius – if it’s a full postcode – and get it instantly after paying … Continue reading
A guest post by Quention Hanley: Roughly two years ago, we pointed out a key feature of crime: its tendency to accelerate as population density increases. This type of behaviour has been observed many times in many parts of the … Continue reading
For our subscribers, we have now upgraded our Scottish Crime Datazone page to enable you to run reports that discover out of all 6,505 Datazones; Which had the highest/lowest total of crime in either 2007/08 or 2011-12? Which had the … Continue reading
We’re always adding features to UKCrimeStats – here’s another one. I would immodestly suggest that for individual postcodes, this is one of the best sources of data there is. So with a random generated postcode, here is an example of … Continue reading
A wide range of indicators like wages, patents, and R&D employment increase with the population of cities. This behaviour is often referred to as urban scaling. The interesting aspect of urban scaling is that it does not follow a straight … Continue reading
Today, most Britons live at relatively high population density in an urban environment and don’t move around that much on foot from where they live or work. A mile can actually cover very different neighbourhoods or include hotspots that may have … Continue reading