Research Article

The Effect of Land Cover Protection on Preventing Crime: The Case Study of the State of New York, USA

Table 3

Crime statistics about the five New York City counties (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond Counties).

County2018 populationTotal area (km2)Population density (capita/km2)Index crimeViolent crimeProperty crime
CountRate per 100,000 populationCountRate per 100,000 populationCountRate per 100,000 population

Bronx1,454,1791499,76035,3552,431.312,514860.622,8411,570.7
Kings2,618,19825110,43150,1061,913.814,384549.435,7221,364.4
New York1,645,5128718,91449,8303,028.28,951544.040,8792,484.3
Queens2,331,3584625,04633,1351,421.38,856379.924,2791,041.4
Richmond473,9242651,7885,7381,210.71,408297.14,330913.6