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Table 1 Correlation between theft at stations and theft near stations (250 m buffer), London Underground, 1 st April 2011 to 31 st March 2012

From: Above and below: measuring crime risk in and around underground mass transit systems

Spearman’s correlations (rho)

Crime counts

A1: Near stations

  

Shoplifting

Other thefts

Theft from person

At Station (A2)

Shoplifting

−0.09

0.03

0.07

 

Theft of personal property

0.06

*.158

0.11

 

Theft from person

**.284

**.490

**.502

Crime rates (per million passenger journeys)

A1: Near stations

  

Shoplifting

Other thefts

Theft from person

At Station (A2)

Shoplifting

*-.158

*-.192

*-.159

 

Theft of personal property

−0.08

−0.11

*-.201

 

Theft from person

0.07

0.03

**0.219

  1. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level;
  2. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.