1. Has Crime Increased in Recovering Neighbourhoods? Jacob Noé Díaz
Crime Post Sandy
Has Crime Increased in Recovering Neighbourhoods?
Jacob Noé Díaz

2. Original Data: Southern Brooklyn
BYTES of the Big Apple:
Hurricane Evacuation Zones Shapefile
Precincts Shapefile
Neighbourhoods Shapefile
Crime Statistics: Convert from PDF to CSV file
2 Year Percent Change (2012-April 2014) and 5 Year Percent Change (2009-April 2014)
Murder, Rape, Robbery, Felony Assault, Burglary, Grand Larceny, GLA

3. What is Southern Brooklyn?

4. Results 5 Year Percent Change 2 Year Percent Change (Post Sandy)
Categorized Map since it was only three precincts.
5 Year Percent Change
2 Year Percent Change (Post Sandy)

5. Analysis Results were inconclusive Based on only three precincts
Crime was on an increasing trend since 2009.
Crime decreased slightly in Sea Gate, Coney Island, and Brighton Beach after Sandy

6. Further Investigation
Map out crime for neighbourhoods in recovery across NYC
New Data: BYTES of the Big Apple
Borough Boundaries Shapefile
Precincts Shapefile
Neighbourhoods Shapefile
Nyc.gov:
Neighbourhoods in recovery (Lower Manhattan, Southern and Eastern coast of SI, Southern Brooklyn/Queens, Brooklyn/Queens waterfront).
Crime Stats for precincts.

7. Results

8. Results

9. Analysis Not inconclusive but not concrete.
Crime in Lower Manhattan did increase after Sandy.
Southern coast of Staten Island saw crime increase.
Southern Queens and Brooklyn Waterfront saw some crime increase but could be due to the 5 year increasing trend.

10. Importance Possible Future Investigation
Consider crime in other precincts throughout the city.
Focus on a specific type of crime.
Look into gentrification.
Look into property value change.
Help the city better prepare itself for crime increase in specific areas incase of future hurricanes/superstorms.