This study explores the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial database of crime characteristics which helps in the determination of hotspots in Dala LGA of Kano State and also it identifies the challenges facing police departments that seek to implement computerized crime mapping systems. Different data sources were used, data from the Nigerian Police Force ( Dala and Jakara D...

The exploration of the spatial relationships between crime incidents, the socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods, as well as physical and structural compositions of the urban landscape is an ongoing research issue in Geographic Information (GI) Science. Spatial data mining tools improve the ability to gain knowledge from geographic data and help to understand spatio-temporal processes t...

A c r o n y m s 3 0 2 Executive Summary This study forms part of the Thames Gateway London Partnership (TGLP) Crime and Design Project. The Crime and Design Project aims at developing a set of principles, a 'theme guide', that can inform the development of safe and attractive communities as a goal of regeneration. The links between crime, urban design and the fabric of the built environment are...

Objectives Decades of empirical research demonstrate that crime is concentrated at a range of spatial scales, including street segments. Further, the degree of clustering at particular geographic units remains noticeably stable and consistent; a finding that Weisburd (Criminology 53:133–157, 2015) has recently termed the ‘law of crime concentration at places’. Such findings suggest that the fut...

The increasing rate of insecurity in Nigeria, especially the southwest requires a paradigm shift from popular approach to crime hotspots detection. This study employed geospatial technologies integrate spatio-temporal crime, social media and field observation data communities all six states develop that can serve as preliminary information assist allocating resources for control prevention. His...