<p>This study examines the concentration of crime at residential buildings and investigates whether housing ownership has an impact on such a concentration. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), police-recorded crime data were geocoded at the building level and combined with socio-demographic and land use variables in Poisson regression models. The results indicate that a small percentage of buildings is responsible for a large proportion of crimes. This pattern persists even after offences are standardised by the number of apartments. Buildings under private housing ownership are generally associated with lower crime levels than those under rental; however, this relationship is not uniform across private housing companies and different types of crime. Findings point to the need for further research into how building-level management practices interact with neighbourhood-wide policing strategies and other micro-level factors, such as a building’s design, location, and accessibility, in shaping crime outcomes.</p>

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Crime Concentration at Buildings: Nordic Evidence on the Impact of Housing Ownership on Crime

  • Ioannis Ioannidis,
  • Vania Ceccato,
  • Jonatan Abraham,
  • Gabriel Gliori

摘要

This study examines the concentration of crime at residential buildings and investigates whether housing ownership has an impact on such a concentration. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), police-recorded crime data were geocoded at the building level and combined with socio-demographic and land use variables in Poisson regression models. The results indicate that a small percentage of buildings is responsible for a large proportion of crimes. This pattern persists even after offences are standardised by the number of apartments. Buildings under private housing ownership are generally associated with lower crime levels than those under rental; however, this relationship is not uniform across private housing companies and different types of crime. Findings point to the need for further research into how building-level management practices interact with neighbourhood-wide policing strategies and other micro-level factors, such as a building’s design, location, and accessibility, in shaping crime outcomes.