ITECH1103 Big Data and Analytics: Chicago Crime Analysis Report

This report provides an analysis of crime data in Chicago from 2014 to 2017. It includes basic statistics on the total number of crimes reported, the types of crimes, and their locations. The analysis identifies theft, battery, and criminal damage as the most common crime types and highlights the frequency of crimes over time, with August 2014 reporting the highest number of incidents. The report also examines arrest rates, the prevalence of domestic crimes, and crime distribution across Chicago's districts. Furthermore, it delves into the location descriptions of crimes, noting that most crimes occur on streets. The conclusion emphasizes that theft is the most common crime, most crimes are non-domestic, and suggests enhanced police patrol on streets. Desklib offers a wealth of similar reports and study resources for students.

ANALYSIS OF
CRIME’S AT
CHICAGO

The total number of Crimes Reported during 2014-2017 is 99999.
32 different types of Crimes were reported
There were 114 Locations of the crimes based on description.
Crimes – some basic Statistics

The three most common crime types are Theft, Battery and Criminal Damage
The three least common crime types are human trafficking, other narcotic violations
and non-criminal
Frequency of Crimes

Most of the Crime took place in 2014
August reported the maximum number of crimes
Occurrence of Crimes

Most of the crimes did not result in Arrest. Only in 24.83K cases Arrest were made
Most of the crimes were not of Domestic nature. 15.59K crimes were Domestic crime
None of the crimes in 2017 were Domestic crimes
Crimes

The City of Chicago was divided into 23 districts.
The data contains information on 6 crimes committed in 2017.
In the last week of crime 5 crimes were committed.
2 Crime was committed on 15th January
No Crime was committed in 2017 in district “8”
Crimes in Districts

Location Description of Crimes
The maximum number of Crimes occurred in Streets
The least number of crimes took place in parking lot, cleaners laundromat, hallway and offic
On weekends the maximum number of Crimes took place in streets.
On weekends the least number of Crimes took place at newsstand.

Conclusion
Theft is the most Common crime in Chicago
Some non-criminal crimes do take place at Chicago
The data set does not contain adequate information about crimes in 2017
Crimes occur less in February
Most of the crimes at Chicago are of non-domestic in nature
The Chicago police should enhance patrol on Streets- the place for maximum crimes.

Reference
https://data.world/mchadhar/dataset-2-chicago-crime

Thank you

Has the CLEAR initiative undertaken by
Chicago police been able to reduce the
incidence of crime?