The Use of Geospatial Techniques in Mapping Crime Spots for Effective Crime Management in Minna Metropolis, Nigeria.

Abstract

Abstract Crime; an act of commission or omission that disrupts peace, tranquillity, norms, values and rules of society is considered to be injurious to the society and punished by the state. Crime management has gone scientific and thus crime mapping using geo spatial techniques was utilised and applied to Minna, Nigeria. Data acquisition and import was carried out using police records, Ikono Satellite imageries, Nearest Neighbour Index and Kernel Density Estimation tools were used and adopted respectively. The result shows the spatial distribution of crime incidence, identification of crime hotspots and location of Police stations, vehicles and other infrastructures in map format of the study area. Conclusively, the study provides crime database for processing, storage and analysis for planning purposes. The Police and other security agencies can adapt GIS technology, integrate it with the traditional approach to crime management for effective service delivery.