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

Table 5

Summary table for the research findings.

County	Index crime number	Index crime level	Area (km^2)	Total recreational park area (km^2)	Percent occupation of the recreational park area (%)	Population density	The recreational park area per capita (km^2)
Broome	5,137	High	1,852	10.10	0.54	102	0.0000535
Oneida	4,645	High	3,142	16.26	0.52	72	0.0000718
Niagara	4,261	Moderate	2,953	13,31	0.45	70	0.0000644
Rensselaer	3,093	Moderate	1,722	15.31	0.89	91	0.0000977
Putnam	502	Low	637	99.81	15.67	153	0.00102

Note: New York State office of parks, recreation, and historic preservation [56]. State Parks: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/.