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Table 2 Correlations of all variables by crime type

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

N = 284

Targets

Radius

Initial crime

Directed patrol rate

Days to response

Subsequent crime (DV)

Residential burglary N = 121

Initial time span

0.31**

0.29**

−0.00

0.11

0.18*

−0.04

Targets

 

0.85***

0.31**

−0.08

0.15

0.08

Initial radius

  

0.23*

−0.01

0.13

0.16

Initial crime

   

−0.24*

0.18*

0.28**

Directed patrol rate

    

−0.21*

−0.77***

Subsequent crime (DV)

    

0.34***

 

Theft from vehicle N = 163

Initial time span

0.24**

0.32***

0.34***

−0.05

0.19*

0.23**

Targets

 

0.80***

0.39***

−0.26**

0.30***

0.43***

Initial radius

  

0.29***

−0.26**

0.34***

0.54***

Initial crime

   

−0.10

0.13

0.24**

Directed patrol rate

    

−0.20**

−0.47***

Subsequent crime

    

0.48***

 
  1. Bold italic indicates Pearson correlation tests; all others are Spearman tests
  2. p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 (2-tailed)