So, were you surprised by the BBC/ONS crime risk calculator?
On 7 September this year, the BBC published a "crime risk calculator". A product of BBC…
Andromachi Tseloni and Ken PeaseNovember 1, 2017
A failure of prediction? – October 2016 issue preview
It was more than a decade ago, while working as a reporter on a market…
Making maps
In an extract from her book, Big Data: Does Size Matter?, Timandra Harkness meets data-based…
Timandra HarknessAugust 16, 2016
Paper cuts: Do ambient light levels influence criminal activities?
People often feel less safe when walking in the dark, for understandable reasons. It’s harder…
Brian TarranNovember 17, 2015
Stories and statistics – August 2015 issue preview
In a 2010 New York Times column, mathematician John Allen Paulos wrote about stories and…
Brian TarranAugust 12, 2015
Official stats mask extent of domestic violence in the UK
Research has found that the rate of violent crime is 60% higher than official statistics…
Sylvia WalbyJune 15, 2015
How theft and robbery have changed since the 90s
Contrary to popular opinion, we have witnessed a fall in many types of crime over…
Rebecca ThompsonOctober 21, 2014
Do guns or people kill people?
In mid-September, the US witnessed yet another mass shooting. This time a gunman made his…
Michael A. LewisSeptember 24, 2013
