What Patterns Can You See?

Coopers’

Upminster

Cranham

Romford

Hornchurch

Aim:To use Google Earth to test the Hypothesis “The closer to Central London you travel, the higher the level of crime”

How Can I Map and Analyse Crime Using Google Earth?

Havering

Tower

Hamlets

Barking

Newham

“The closer to Central London you travel, the higher the level of crime”

Open the following 3 files:>> Shared area>> Geography>> Google earth kmz files>> Year 8>> Crime in London

1. Crime in London (kmz)2. Crime in London (Excel doc)3. Crime in London (Word Doc)

Task 1 Mapping Total Crime

Task 1: Mapping Total Crime You will turn each borough into a 3D polygon

to show the total number of crimes. The higher the borough, the more crimes.

1. Right click on the name of each borough in the “places” menu.

2. Click properties

3. Click Altitutde

4. Change the height to the number of crimes

5. Click “extend the sides to the ground.”

“The closer to Central London you travel, the higher the level of crime” Is this true?

Task 2 Choosing One Specific Crime

1. Choose a type of crime that interests you.

2. Use a colour system to colour in the key. It is always good to make “more crime” darker than “less crime”. You will use the same colours in Google earth.

Task 2: Choosing One Specific Crime

You will no colour in all of your polygons in to show the level of one specific crime in that borough.

1. Right click on the name of each borough in the “places” menu.

2. Click “properties” then click “Style and colour”

3. Choose the colour that you have used in the excel document

4. Click “outlined” and change to filled

5. Change opacity to 50%

6. Carry on and complete the other three boroughs

The higher the borough, the more crimes

The darker the colour, the more robberies

What Patterns are Emerging? What Patterns are Emerging?

Task 3: Using Deprivation to Explain Levels of Crime

Map of deprivation in London- the darker the Map of deprivation in London- the darker the colour, the more deprived the people living colour, the more deprived the people living there. there.

Is there a link between deprivation and levels of crime?Is there a link between deprivation and levels of crime?

Main TaskMake a print screen of your final map.

1. Do you agree or disagree with the hypothesis? Give your reasons why, describing the patterns you see from total crime levels and your specific crime.

2. Is there a link between deprivation and crime? Use your map and background knowledge to describe your findings and explain reasons why.

3. Suggest other forms of information that you could use to help answer why crime levels are higher in some areas than others.

4. Complete the task for homework.