Spatio-temporal analysis on crime occurrences in Enschede and campus area

This thesis presents a spatio-temporal analysis of the assaults in the city of Enschede. The main goal is to find factors that contribute the number of assaults in Enschede. Data is taken from the Dutch police, and CBS (Centraal Bureau van de Statistiek). In this research, the question "Is there a shift in occurrences of assaults in Enschede?" is addressed and split up in three sub research questions. The results of these research questions show that population, rental housing, low income households, and hospital related businesses are good explanatory variables. We can unfortunately not take a big conclusion about the number of incidents in Enschede-Noord, the campus area. This study shows how modelling can be used for public safety. In the conclusion, recommendations are made for further research.