2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

IMPACT BY AREA TYPE As it will be noted, sample size poses a distinct problem when attempting analysis at the small area level. This is Particu- larly true in the instance of mortgage information. Due to this inadequacy, it is impossible to compare the impact of adult entertainment businesses on residential property value below a certain level of geography. This is not the case, however, with crime statistics. In this case it is possible to compare sub -areas of the target areas since the comparisons are based on the actual instance of crime in the area ( unlike mortgage data where average value is the basis of comparison.) The sub -area comparisons were based on the nature of the areas in relation to their land use composition as determined by the Comprehensive General Land Use Plan of Marion County. Four sub- areas were of a distinct regional commercial nature, four were residential in nature and four were of a mixed residential - commercial makeup. The three groupings were compared with each other to determine if crime, from a historical viewpoint, occurred more frequent- ly in areas of one land use configuration than another. Whether or not crime frequencies, at least in part, are deter- mined by the land use characteristics in which they were com- mitted cannot be definitively answered here. Several striking patterns do emerge from the comparison, however. CRIME FREQUENCIES BY AREA TYPE Of the 9,829 major crimes committed in the Control and Study Areas during 1978 - 1982, 27% were perpetrated in regional com- mercial areas, 31% in mixed commercial -residential areas and 421 in predominantly residential areas. In other words, crime frequencies were 56% higher in residential areas than comne r- cial areas while mixed commercial -residential areas were 37% higher than coarnercial areas. The following t -Able displays major crime frequencies for the five year period by type of area, the existence or ncn-exis- tance of adult entertainment and specific location. EVER00031