""By seeing knife crime at this micro-geography, local partners can pinpoint the specific streets, times and drivers of crime and direct the right mix of policing, prevention and services to those places.""
""Although 2.5 percent of England and Wales may sound small, it is also the total area covered by the Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester Police, and West Midlands Police forces, which between them record 43 percent of knife crimes.""
The British government is allocating £15 million over three years to improve crime mapping in England and Wales, focusing on knife crime. The Home Office's national mapping tool divides the regions into 1.46 million hexagons, revealing that knife crimes occurred in less than 2.5 percent of these areas. UK Research and Innovation aims to enhance data visualization and analysis, utilizing AI for better pattern recognition. The initiative seeks to enable local partners to identify specific crime hotspots and tailor policing and prevention efforts accordingly.
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