Data For Learning Crime Mapping • crimemappingdata

The crimemappingdata package contains a variety of datasets that are useful in learning crime mapping. These datasets are used in the crimemapping package but are also available for use by anyone else in accordance with the licence shown in the documentation for each dataset.

Installation

You can install the development version of crimemappingdata from GitHub with:

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("mpjashby/crimemappingdata")

Available datasets

The following datasets are available, both as:

R data that can be called using the data() function, e.g. data(aggravated_assaults), and
stand-alone files that can be downloaded in the formats shown below.

See the manual page for each dataset (e.g. ?aggravated_assaults) for the corresponding stand-alone file URL. Different stand-alone datasets are provided in different file formats (including spatial and non-spatial formats) to give the opportunity for students to practice loading files of different types (e.g. using readr::read_csv() or readxl::read_excel()).

Dataset	Description	Format
`aggravated_assaults`	Aggravated assaults in Austin in 2019	`.xlsx`
`bronx_shootings`	Shootings in the Bronx in 2019	`.csv`
`cdmx_alcaldias`	Alcaldías (boroughs) of Mexico City	`.gpkg`
`cdmx_car_jacking`	Car jackings in Mexico City	`.gpkg`
`chicago_aggravated_assaults`	Aggravated assaults in Chicago, 2010 to 2019	`.csv.gz`
`chicago_police_districts`	Chicago Police Department Districts	`.kml`
`cincinnati_burglary`	Burglaries in Cincinnati, 2016 to 2018	`.csv.gz`
`czechia_collisions`	Drink/drug-related traffic collisions in Czechia	`.gpkg`
`czechia_mcycle_thefts`	Motorcycle thefts in Czechia	`.gpkg`
`downtown_homicides`	Homicides in downtown Atlanta in 2019	`.gpkg`
`downtown_homicides`	Homicides in downtown Atlanta in 2019	`.csv`
`glenrose_heights_homicides`	Homicides in Glenrose Heights in 2019	`.gpkg`
`glenrose_heights_homicides`	Homicides in Glenrose Heights in 2019	`.csv`
`hungerford_shootings`	Shootings in the Hungerford Massacre	`.csv`
`japan_prefectures`	Japanese prefecture boundaries, 2019	`.gpkg`
`japan_violence_counts`	Counts of violent crime in Japan, 2012	`.rds`
`lancashire_asb`	Anti-social behaviour in Lancashire	`.tab`
`lancashire_districts`	Local authority districts of Lancashire	`.geojson`
`lancashire_ward_pop`	Lancashire ward population	`.xlsx`
`lancashire_wards`	Local government wards of Lancashire	`.gpkg`
`london_attacks`	Fatal terrorist attacks in London	`.csv`
`london_crimes`	Crimes in London	`.zip`
`malaysia_violence_counts`	Violent crime counts in Malaysia, 2006 to 2017	`.rds`
`medellin_homicides`	Medellin homicides	`.csv`
`medellin_metro_lines`	Metro and cable-car lines in Medellin	`.zip`
`medellin_metro_stns`	Metro and cable-car stations in Medellin	`.csv`
`northants_burglary_counts`	Counts of burglary in Northamptonshire in 2020	`.rds`
`northumbria_asb`	Anti-social behaviour in Northumbria	`.tab`
`northumbria_districts`	Local authority districts of Northumbria	`.geojson`
`northumbria_ward_pop`	Northumbria ward population	`.xlsx`
`northumbria_wards`	Local government wards of Northumbria	`.gpkg`
`nottingham_burglary`	Burglaries in Nottingham	`.csv.gz`
`nottingham_robbery`	Robberies in Nottingham	`.csv.gz`
`nottingham_wards`	Local government wards of Nottingham	`.gpkg`
`nyc_homicides`	Homicides in New York City, 2016 to 2018	`.csv`
`nyc_precincts`	New York City Police precinct boundaries	`.gpkg`
`nyc_shootings`	Shootings in New York City in 2019	`.csv`
`qld_police_divisions`	Queensland Police Service division boundaries	`.gpkg`
`qld_population`	Population of Queensland Police Service divisions	`.csv.gz`
`qld_stalking`	Stalking in Queensland from 2001 to 2022	`.xlsx`
`san_francisco_robbery`	Personal robberies in San Francisco in 2019	`.csv`
`sao_paulo_homicides`	Homicides in the region of Sao Paulo	`.xlsx`
`sao_paulo_muni`	Sao Paolo municipality boundaries	`.geojson`
`tempe_opioid_calls`	Calls to opioid overdoses in Tempe, Arizona	`.csv`
`uttar_pradesh_districts`	Districts of Uttar Pradesh	`.gpkg`
`uttar_pradesh_murders`	Murders in Uttar Pradesh	`.csv`
`uttar_pradesh_population`	Population of districts in Uttar Pradesh	`.csv`
`vancouver_thefts`	Thefts in Vancouver in 2020	`.csv.gz`

Note that gzipped CSV files (with the file extension .csv.gz) can be opened using readr::read_csv() and functions from other packages, but not base::read.csv().

You can find more details about each dataset in the vignette vignette("dataset_summary").

Using the data in teaching

For suggestions on how to use the data in this package for teaching, as well as details of each dataset, see the vignette vignette("teaching").

Data licences

This package is licensed under the MIT Licence, but the individual datasets have been licensed by the data provider using a variety of different open-data licences. Check the manual page for each dataset for details of the relevant licence. Users are responsible for using the data in accordance with the applicable licence for a dataset.