Detroit has consistently had one of the highest crime rates in the United States, with 386 murders in 2012 according to Forbes. Over the past decade, 200,000 residents have left Detroit, with 40% of current residents planning to leave in the next 5 years, yet murder rates have remained nearly the same. The document is a spatial analysis of crime in Detroit using ArcGIS mapping software to map out crime data from four different maps to analyze crime patterns across the city.

1. Crime in Detroit City:
Spatial Analysis from ArcGIS
Evan Langford
CRP483
11/20/13

2. Detroit City: Crime Background
• Most dangerous city in the U.S. for 5th year in a
row according to Forbes (Fisher 2013)
• 386 murders in 2012 (Fisher 2013)
• 40% of residents plan to leave in the next 5 years,
while 50.9% would have left already if they could
(Macdonald 2012)
• 200,000 have moved away since 2000, but
murders per year remain nearly the same (Fisher
2013)
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3. 2
Mapping Detroit Crime Data

4. 3
Mapping Detroit Crime Data

5. Map 1
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6. Map 2
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7. Map 3
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8. Map 4
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