Research Article
The Effect of Land Cover Protection on Preventing Crime: The Case Study of the State of New York, USA
Table 4
Correlation matrix to identify relations within the variables belonging to the 62 counties of the New York State.
| | | 2018 Population | Total area (km2) | Population density (capita/km2) | Index crime count | Index crime rate per 100,000 population | Violent crime count | Violent crime rate per 100,000 population | Property crime count | Property crime rate per 100,000 population |
| | 2018 population | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Total area (km2) | −0.243836855 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Population density (capita/km2) | 0.719409303 | −0.365215431 | 1 | | | | | | | | Index crime count | 0.935217654 | −0.273353926 | 0.874610885 | 1 | | | | | | | Index crime rate per 100,000 population | 0.281984569 | −0.122700779 | 0.387834247 | 0.465671295 | 1 | | | | | | Violent crime count | 0.886297973 | −0.339604312 | 0.851876547 | 0.944340514 | 0.383766428 | 1 | | | | | Violent crime rate per 100,000 population | 0.590773541 | −0.303366198 | 0.682966708 | 0.741321657 | 0.745672296 | 0.792650385 | 1 | | | | Property crime count | 0.928350856 | −0.244103711 | 0.860404973 | 0.993790958 | 0.481715325 | 0.901874806 | 0.705403076 | 1 | | | Property crime rate per 100,000 population | 0.170720766 | −0.061347361 | 0.271012678 | 0.347400729 | 0.982511616 | 0.235517222 | 0.608563372 | 0.376544861 | 1 |
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