How to read crime figures for an area without frightening yourself
Crime maps are the most misread dataset in house hunting. What the pins actually mean, why busy places always look worse, and how to compare two areas fairly.
Aasim Ghaffar3 min read
Know before you move — schools, safety, prices, transport and more, from official UK data.
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Crime maps are the most misread dataset in house hunting. What the pins actually mean, why busy places always look worse, and how to compare two areas fairly.
Crime maps are the most misread data on any property site. Four things to understand before you let one talk you out of a house.
Raw crime counts punish busy places and reward empty ones. A short guide to reading police data like an analyst instead of a headline writer.