Crime and Land use in Cincinnati: A Micro-size Grid-cell Analysis of the Influence of Land-uses on Area Crime

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Abstract

Although a great deal of research has investigated the relationship between land use and crime at relatively large geographic units such as neighborhood- or block group-levels, very few studies have considered the types of land uses at the micro-scale of area. Using 2014 crime data geocoded on a 500 foot squared grid cells overlaid on Cincinnati, this study examines the multi-dimensional relationship between land uses and crime. Controlling for the impact of socio-economic factors of neighborhood-level using hierarchical modeling, we estimate the net influence of different types of land-uses on crime at micro-size grid cells. We suggest that attention to various types of land uses across the city is required to help effective allocation of social control resources against crime.

Authors

• YongJei Lee, University of Cincinnati

• SooHyun O, University of Cincinnati

• John E. Eck, University of Cincinnati