DONIGIAN 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 the majority of crime hotspots are situated away from the park's edges, although there is a distinct clustering effect on Atwells Avenue, especially on the intersection of Atwells Avenue and Valley Street (which is quite near to the park). The specific crime-type maps indicate that the majority of hotspots are located in the general region to the west of the park. However, apart from drug violations, all the other crime-types have a clustering of violations near to the park - specifically, on the block between Valley Street and Cutler Street on Atwells Avenue. This area is about a block away from the park. The worst hotspot effect is exhibited by violent crime violations, and is situated close to the Valley-Atwells intersection. The east perimeter of the park has several neighboring properties with recurring violations.

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