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. 2009 Jul 8;9:221. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-221

Table 2.

Police reported crime in the housing areas studied1

Setting Alpha Setting Beta Setting Gamma

Alpha-house Alpha-flat Beta-mix Beta-flat Gamma-house Gamma-flat
Mean number of police reported crime/1000 inhabitants per year (%)
(a) Crime against life and health (homicide, manslaughter, maltreatment) 0.7 (2.4) 10.6 (5.8) 2.3 (3.1) 10 (9.8) 0.9 (2.5) 7.8 (5.2)
(b) Crime against freedom and serenity (unlawful threat, molest) 2.6 (8.9) 23.5 (12.9) 3.3 (6.2) 12.4 (12.2) 4.2 (12.7) 21.1 (12.7)
(c) Theft and robbery 16.7 (58.5) 88.3 (48.5) 36.1 (48.7) 49.3 (48.2) 20.4 (60.8) 81.2 (48.7)
(d) Crime of damage 5.1 (17.9) 30.8 (16.9) 13.7 (18.5) 10.8 (10.6) 3.4 (10.1) 18.6 (11.2)
(e) Other crimes 3.5 (12.2) 28.8 (15.9) 17.5 (23.5) 19.6 (19.2) 4.7 (13.9) 36.9 (22.1)

Total 28.6 (100) 182 (100) 72.9 (100) 102.1 (100) 33.6 (100) 165.6 (100)

1Data source: Local police office. Based on the years 2003–2005.