Table 1 Selected descriptive characteristics of the included studies
From: Weather and crime: a systematic review of the empirical literature
Characteristic | Value | n/median | % or min; max |
|---|---|---|---|
Year of publication | 2004 | 1842; 2021 | |
Type of publication | Journal article | 188 | 94.0 |
Report | 2 | 1.0 | |
Thesis | 2 | 1.0 | |
Book/book chapter | 5 | 2.5 | |
Conference paper | 3 | 1.5 | |
Study regiona | Cross National | 10 | 4.8 |
Nationwide | 25 | 12.0 | |
Sub-nation wide | 2 | 1.0 | |
District wide | 29 | 13.9 | |
City-wide | 89 | 42.8 | |
Sub-city wide | 1 | 0.5 | |
Neighbourhood and below | 24 | 11.5 | |
Rural settlement | 1 | 0.5 | |
Institution | 27 | 13.0 | |
Temporal unitsa | Year | 30 | 12.3 |
Quarter | 25 | 10.3 | |
Month | 75 | 30.9 | |
Week | 9 | 3.7 | |
Day | 75 | 30.9 | |
Below day | 29 | 11.9 | |
Study contexta | Africa | 9 | 4.3 |
Asia | 27 | 12.9 | |
Europe | 36 | 17.2 | |
North America | 119 | 56.9 | |
Oceania | 8 | 3.8 | |
South America | 5 | 2.4 | |
Globe | 5 | 2.4 | |
Crime typesa | Homicide | 91 | 17.8 |
Assault | 88 | 17.2 | |
Rape/sexual offences | 60 | 11.7 | |
Domestic violence | 12 | 2.3 | |
Robbery | 57 | 11.2 | |
Burglary | 46 | 9.0 | |
Auto-theft | 31 | 6.1 | |
Weather parametera | Temperature | 111 | 23.4 |
Season | 91 | 19.2 | |
Rain (or precipitation) | 64 | 13.5 | |
Humidity/dewpoint | 44 | 9.3 | |
Wind | 38 | 8.0 | |
Snow (or precipitation) | 28 | 5.9 | |
Latitude/photoperiod | 21 | 4.4 | |
Cloudiness/cloud cover | 20 | 4.2 | |
Barometric pressure | 18 | 3.8 | |
Visibility/fog | 15 | 3.2 | |
Sunshine/clear days | 10 | 2.1 | |
Extreme weather events | 9 | 1.9 | |
Lunar cycle/moon phase | 5 | 1.1 |