Crime in Detroit City: Spatial Analysis from ArcGIS

Evan LangfordCRP483

11/20/13

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Detroit City: Crime Background

• Most dangerous city in the U.S. for 5th year in a row according to Forbes (Fisher 2013)

• 386 murders in 2012 (Fisher 2013)

• 40% of residents plan to leave in the next 5 years, while 50.9% would have left already if they could (Macdonald 2012)

• 200,000 have moved away since 2000, but murders per year remain nearly the same (Fisher 2013)

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Mapping Detroit Crime Data

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Mapping Detroit Crime Data

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