Searching for safety: crime prevention in the era of Google

Crime Science

Table 2 Correlations between property crime rates and Google queries for crime prevention terms

Search terms	Overall property crime rates	Burglary rates	Larceny-theft rates	Motor vehicle theft rates
Target hardening
Deadbolt	0.471**	0.436**	0.391**	0.432**
Door locks	0.395**	0.427**	0.324*	0.267
Gate keypad	0.766**	0.782**	0.635**	0.573**
Security door	0.480**	0.419**	0.323*	0.725**
Window bars	0.253	0.321*	0.078	0.499**
Surveillance
Alarm system	0.695**	0.794**	0.510**	0.580**
Car alarm system	0.568**	0.461**	0.420**	0.800**
Home alarm system	0.688**	0.776**	0.485**	0.661**
Home security camera	0.434**	0.569**	0.301*	0.290*
Home security system	0.616**	0.725**	0.454**	0.475**
Motion detection camera	0.346*	0.393**	0.244	0.321*
Motion detection lights	0.289*	0.244	0.241	0.305*
Street lights	0.196	0.007	0.126	0.606**
Formal social control
How to file a police report	0.622**	0.514**	0.469**	0.829**
Report crime	0.428**	0.375**	0.277	0.679**
Informal social control
Neighborhood crime	0.461**	0.344*	0.378**	0.585**
Neighborhood security	0.457**	0.299*	0.430**	0.475**
Neighborhood watch	0.493**	0.483**	0.357*	0.571**
Neighborhood watch sign	0.425**	0.377**	0.304*	0.572**

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