Chapter 6. Crime and security issues in the neighbourhood

Crime is spatially and temporally related. The nature and types of crime are also spatially associated. More than 68.0 % of the respondents have witnessed crime in their neighbourhoods while 31.7 % have not witnessed crime in their neighbourhoods. About 47.3 % of the neighbourhoods have witnessed violent crime before the association were formed and the most frequent crime witnessed include armed robbery and burglary, 18.5 % and 26.9 % respectively. Only 16.7 % claimed that such crime were occ..