Fear doesn’t always come from faraway places. For a young kid, it can creep in through familiar faces - the uncles who looked like killers, the scout leaders who didn’t seem dangerous until they were. The first time crime felt intimate was when news reached a 7-year-old about a monster hiding in pla
Boston's crime patterns have long been a topic of interest. For decades, it was believed that gun violence in the city tended to happen in the same specific spots. This idea was backed by a significant study that looked at data from 1980 to 2008. The study showed that certain street segments and int
Drug dealing and use in public spaces is a growing worry for law enforcement and local governments in Sweden. These areas, known as open drug scenes, are linked to various issues like crime and disorder. Many people think these scenes only happen in big cities. However, they are also present in smal
Imagine looking at crime trends in Europe through a new lens. Instead of just numbers, what if we saw crime types as parts of a bigger puzzle? That's exactly what happened in a recent study. Researchers used a method called Compositional Data Analysis (CoDA) to dive into crime data from 202
Ever wondered how the heat outside could influence what happens inside our cities? Well, it turns out that the temperature can have a pretty big impact on violent crime rates. Scientists have been studying this for years, but most of the time, they look at long periods and assume the effects are str
For ages, cities have aimed to be safe havens. But traditional methods of using population data often fell short. They overlooked crucial details. Then came big data, filling in those gaps with urban, mobile, and street-level insights. This data helps us spot crime trends and the social and environm
