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On 7 September this year, the BBC published a "crime risk calculator". A product of BBC…

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It was more than a decade ago, while working as a reporter on a market…

Brian TarranOctober 10, 2016

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In an extract from her book, Big Data: Does Size Matter?, Timandra Harkness meets data-based…

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People often feel less safe when walking in the dark, for understandable reasons. It’s harder…

Brian TarranNovember 17, 2015

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In a 2010 New York Times column, mathematician John Allen Paulos wrote about stories and…

Brian TarranAugust 12, 2015

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Research has found that the rate of violent crime is 60% higher than official statistics…

Sylvia WalbyJune 15, 2015

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Contrary to popular opinion, we have witnessed a fall in many types of crime over…

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In mid-September, the US witnessed yet another mass shooting. This time a gunman made his…

Michael A. LewisSeptember 24, 2013