Foreclosures and Crime: Providence Examples and Evolution

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Foreclosures and Crime Providence Examples and
Evolution

• The Providence Plan
• National Institute of Justice

NIJ Conference on Foreclosure and Crime March 31
April 1, 2009
Jim Lucht The Providence Plan jlucht_at_provplan.org
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Who is ProvPlan?

• Information for Change Agenda
• Information intermediary and community convener
• Investments in GIS, data analysis, and web
  technology
• Expanding our capacity to examine statewide issues

• Strong programmatic capacity
• Ready to Learn Providence
• YouthBuild Providence
• Local Learning Partnership/Making Connections
• New Roots Providence

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Geography Matters
A Variety of Geographic Levels is Needed

• People relate to places theyre most familiar with

• Differences are more readily observed at certain
  scales

• Address and parcel-level information provide the
  greatest flexibility

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Tools
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Background

• Slow to start foreclosure mapping
• Seen as purview of City, State
• Dictated by need
• 2nd NIJ Geospatial Solicitation
• Local CDCs

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Crime Mapping / Analysis

• Weekly statistics and maps
• Live mapping at staff meetings
• Specialized analysis

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CopperTheft
Wheres the kitchen?
Photo Providence Journal
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Foreclosure and Abandonment

• Advertised Initiations
• Student-gathered data on boarding and abandonment

Photo Providence Journal
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Foreclosure and Abandonment
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Basic Foreclosure Mapping

• Thematic
• Hotspot
• Animations
• Parcels

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Predominant Race/Ethnicity 2000 Census Blocks
Source 2000 Census SF1
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Neighborhood Impact
Data had only addresses. Required link to
plat-lot using master lookup table
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Preliminary Analysis for NIJ October 2007

• Overall crime 2.9 times higher within 50 feet of
  foreclosed property
• Burglary 5x City Avg.
• Vandalism 3x
• Drug Arrests 3.4x
• Time series (q1,q2 v. q3,q4) showed 50 crime and
  200 Call for Service increase

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LISC CSI
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LISC CSI

• Parcels IDd
• Crimes pinpointed

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LISC CSI

• Combined hot spots

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LISC Analysis
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Foreclosure Response
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Distressed Property Management System

• Open Source Django, PostGIS
• Commercial and municipal data feeds
• Parcel and address-based
• Asynchronous data linking
• May add crime if funding allows

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