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Table 2 Robbery concentration

From: Crime concentration at micro-places in Latin America

Country

City and population (in millions)

n crimes (and rate per 100,000)

% of streets accounting for 25% of crime (n streets)

% of streets accounting for 50% of crime (n streets)

Argentina

Almirante Brown (0.6)

1509 (271)

1.1 (157)

3.6 (505)

Campana (0.1)

482 (513)

1.7 (57)

5.4 (176)

Florencio Varela (0.4)

837 (197)

0.8 (92)

2.7 (300)

General Pueyrredón (0.6)

2033 (360)

0.6 (203)

1.9 ( 626 )

General Rodriguez (0.1)

163 (187)

0.2 ( 23 )

0.6 ( 64 )

La Plata (0.8)

3837 (502)

1.2 (298)

3.4 (861)

Lujan (0.1)

246 (230)

0.8 (32)

2.3 (93)

Merlo (0.5)

1049 (202)

0.8 (141)

2.3 (403)

Moreno (0.1)

1652 (1116)

0.8 (146)

2.6 (494)

Pergamino (0.1)

1059 (1009)

2.4 (95)

7.1 (275)

Quilmes (0.5)

2179 (420)

1.4 (173)

4.4 (533)

Brazil

Belford Roxo (0.5)

2681 (573)

1.7 (58)

4.9 (167)

Duque de Caxias (0.3)

7938 (2328)

0.5 (60)

2.4 (271)

Niteroi (0.5)

4629 (949)

0.8 (47)

3.1 (166)

Nova Iguaçu (0.8)

8310 (1055)

0.4 (59)

2.2 (255)

Rio de Janeiro (6.3)

55,149 (873)

0.8 (350)

3.5 (1384)

São Gonçalo (0.3)

12,357 (3667)

1.0 (78)

3.7 (320)

São João de Meriti (0.6)

5293 (885)

3.3 (51)

10.5 (165)

Mexico

Mexico City (8.9)

8369 (95)

0.2 (330)

0.9 (1509)

Uruguay

Montevideo (1.4)

8971 (650)

0.8 (287)

2.8 (938)

  1. Refer Table 1 footnote