Crime prevention, through urban design and city planning in Delhi using geo-informatics
- Vol.18, Issue 3
- New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2021
- 74-95p.
Crime it differs from one community to another, even within one community it doesn’t occur equally in all places and nor by the same way The observation from the study showed that places like JJ Clusters, low-class residential colonies, low-income group, low literacy, and poor infrastructure, less police patrolled areas have a high incidence of crime. The study found that crowded areas, isolated places, parks, shades and vacant plots are most vulnerable for the crime. In numerical terms, the results revealed the crime rate was highest within 500 meters distance from the aforementioned places and then reduced beyond that.