Safety in numbers: High-resolution analysis of crime in street networks

Abstract

In this chapter, we report results from a study of residential burglary and street robbery in the street network of a London borough, using space syntax to analyse the street network. The results are presented against a background of current issues in urban design under discussion between the New Urbanism movement and the Design Against Crime community: streets or cul-de-sacs, mixed use, permeability and density. A method of primary risk band analysis is proposed as the basis of a simple, repeatable methodology for the analysis of crime patterns in street networks.