BILLY TAYLOR PARK

PARK CRIME - Understanding the Context of Crime

The crime maps shown here were generated with GIS software
(Arcview 3.2), using a crime report database for the entire city of
Providence. They express the 'density' of the mapped criminal violations,
meaning that both the distribution and the clustering of the violations are
conveyed. For more detailed information on the methodology involved
in creating the maps, go to Park Crime Methods and view the last section
entitled 'Processing and manipulating the resulting crime maps'.

The total crime density map shows that when aggregating all crimes
together, there are no crime hotspots on the park's perimeter, or within
a block radius of the park. The main crime clusters are two streets north,
off of Abbott Street, and three streets south on Pleasant Street. In all
the crime-type maps except that showing violent crime, there are no
crime hotspots near the park. The violent crime map shows that there
is a hotspot on Locust Street, which is adjacent to the park on the southern edge.

(Note: The units for all density calculations are violations/acre)