THE SPACIAL CHARACTER OF URBAN CRIME

—— BASED ON CHESTER FIELD AND ITS SUROUNDING AREA

JIE GAO . UP206A . FEB, 2012

Data Resource: http://crime.latimes.com/

a notoriously dangerous region of the City of Los Angeles which had an extensive history of gang violence starting in the 1920s. Crime has steadily dropped since the late ‘90s, However gang activity has not declined.

AREA:34.13 km2

POPULATION:145743

BACK GROUND OF THE AREA

• The percentage of black people is high for the county.

• Moderately diverse for the city and the county

SPACIAL CHARACTER OF SOCIETY

• The percentage of black people is high for the county.

• Moderately diverse for the city and the county

CRIME DISTRIBUTION: COUNT

• SLAUSON AVE

• HARBOR FWY

• FLORENCE AVE

CRIME DISTRIBUTION: TIME

CRIME DISTRIBUTION: TIME

CRIME DISTRIBUTION: TYPE

From AUG-2011 to FEB-2012

BUILT-UP ENVIROMENT: BUS STOP

BUILT-UP ENVIROMENT: LAND-USE

NEXT STEPS

• Deeper statistical analysis of specific area: relate to spatial characters• More statistical comparisons of the data: Recognize basic spatial factors and models

SKILL USED

• Inset Map

• Graduated Color Map, Spatial Join

• Attribute sub-sets selections

• Boundary sub-sets selections

• Geocoding

• Buffer

DATA SOURCES

• http://www.crimemapping.com/

• http://crime.latimes.com

• ESRI Census 2000 TIGER/Line® Data

• UCLA Map Share

• GOOGLE EARTH

• BING MAP