crime rate
Offense occurrence measure
Crime rate is a statistical measure of how frequently crimes occur in a given population, typically expressed as incidents per 100,000 people: The city's crime rate dropped for the third consecutive year.
Crime rates allow comparison across jurisdictions of different sizes and track changes over time.
Different types of crime—violent crime, property crime—are often measured separately.
Enforcing laws officially
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
intervention · funding · deterrence · sentencing · incarceration · rehabilitation · recidivism · zero-tolerance
Collected numerical information
- dataFacts for analysis
- per capitaFor each individual
- incidenceRate of occurrence
- frequencyRate of recurrence
percentage · index · demographics · survey · census · sample size · correlation · variables
Severe lack of resources
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- educationSystematic development of mind
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
population density · drug use · gang activity · economic conditions · social services · mental health · housing · income disparity
policing
Enforcing laws officially
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- reformImprove by correcting faults
legislation · intervention · funding · deterrence · sentencing · incarceration · rehabilitation · recidivism · zero-tolerance · community policing
statistics
Collected numerical information
- dataFacts for analysis
- per capitaFor each individual
- incidenceRate of occurrence
frequency · percentage · index · demographics · survey · census · sample size · correlation · variables · quantitative
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- educationSystematic development of mind
demographics · population density · drug use · gang activity · economic conditions · social services · mental health · housing · income disparity · opportunity
increase
Growth in amount
decline · drop · fluctuation · rise · fall · peak · upturn · downturn · escalation · plummet
urban
Pertaining to cities
- ruralOf the countryside
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
district · hotspot · jurisdiction · regional · national · city · county · state · local · inner-city
- ratesroyalty, per diem, interest rates, exchange rates, percentage
- UK statisticspopulation, GDP, population data, employment data, education statistics
- neighborhood factorswalkability, public transit, school district, cost of living, housing costs
- City BuildersSimCity, city planning, population, buildings, residential zones
- criminologycriminologist, criminalization, deviance, recidivism, deviant behavior
- country statisticspopulation, GDP, life expectancy, demographics, median age
crime ratepublic safety
Collective welfare from threats
safety · law and order · peace · order · security
crime, rate, criminal, criminality, incriminate, incrimination, anticrime, decriminalize, criminalize