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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for all variables by crime type

From: Examination of police dosage in residential burglary and residential theft from vehicle micro-time hot spots

 

Residential burglary = 121

Theft from vehicle = 163

Minimum–maximum

Range

Median

Mean (SD)

Minimum–maximum

Range

Median

Mean (SD)

Initial crime

2–7

5

3.00

3.46 (1.15)

2–8

6

3.00

3.54 (1.21)

Initial time span*

1–14

13

7.00

6.63 (3.86)

1–14

13

5.00

5.68 (3.94)

Initial radius**

0.06–0.50

0.44

0.30

0.30 (0.13)

0.05–0.50

0.45

0.25

0.25 (0.13)

Targets**

146–1986

1840

852.00

871.53 (440.02)

102–1864

1762

653.00

706.90 (400.70)

Known offenders***

0–4

4

0.00

0.99 (1.34)

0–4

4

2.00

1.78 (1.45)

Directed patrol rate*

0.71–6.64

5.93

4.25

3.51 (1.59)

0.71–6.68

6.15

4.85

3.92 (1.81)

Days to response

0–2

2

1.00

0.74 (0.69)

0–2

2

1.00

0.83 (0.73)

Subsequent crime (DV)**

0–6

6

2.00

1.81 (1.53)

0–8

8

2.00

2.36 (1.71)

  1. p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 (2-tailed independent t test results)