TITLE:
Spatial Pattern and Distribution of Crime in Suleja Lga, Niger State, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Isaac Utenwojo Ocholi, Paul Ojochenemi Abuh, Ademu Samuel, Aminu Musa
KEYWORDS:
Urban Security, Spatial Pattern, Crime, GIS, Hotspot, Insecurity
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geographic Information System,
Vol.15 No.4,
August
4,
2023
ABSTRACT: The study examines the Spatial Pattern and Distribution of Crime in Suleja LGA, Niger State, Nigeria. The study used GIS and statistical methods to analyse the pattern and distribution of crime incidence in the study area. The records of each crime incidence were geocoded. Microsoft Excel was used to collate and organise the crime entries before they were imported into the ArcGIS Pro 2.0 environment. A geodatabase was created where the spatial and aspatial data were encoded and geospatial analysis was performed. The study reveals that the crime distribution pattern is generally clustered with a Global Moran’s I index of 0.097, a Z-score of 1.87, and a P-value