Table 1: Effects of Land-Use Density on Crime Rate

 

 

Variable

 

Correlation

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

B

S. E.

B

S. E.

B

S. E.

Land Use

People/Acre

0.192

13.335

10.533

-

-

13.477

13.299

% SF Land Use

0.002

-152.686

148.758

-

-

-232.209

192.016

% MF Land Use

0.253

188.672

298.248

-

-

273.855

360.503

Socioeconomic status

% HH in poverty

0.144

-

-

-4.961

10.590

-2.847

14.347

Unemployment rate (male)

0.242

-

-

17.623

18.011

6.961

22.750

% Pop. w/o high school diploma

0.125

-

-

-1.006

5.379

-2.948

6.102

% HH4+

0.152

-

-

2.349

24.942

23.083

29.208

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Constant

 

163.64

 

163.353

 

142.965

 

R2

 

0.15

 

0.09

 

0.26

 

N

20

20

 

20

 

20

 

Notes:  SF = Single family; MF = Multi-family; HH = Households; Pop. = Population.

            None of the coefficients are statistically significant at the 0.05 level.