India's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released the latest crime statistics, indicating a slight increase in crimes post-COVID lockdowns. Then , I had these questions in my mind
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How do socio-economic and health factors impact the prevalence of crimes ?
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What specific areas should policymakers consider to effectively reduce and mitigate the occurrences of these crimes?
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To understand these aspects comprehensively, this project aims to analyze the relationship between socio-economic indicators, health statistics, and crime rates.
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Investigate the correlation between socio-economic and health-related factors and crime rates across all countries .
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Identify key considerations & insights for policymakers to mitigate and control crimes.
- Sourced data from the World Bank database covering crime statistics and socio-economic/health indicators across multiple countries in the last 30 years.
- Conducted data preprocessing involving cleaning, feature engineering, and handling missing values using time-series methods.
- Applied outlier treatment to ensure data integrity and quality.
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Performed feature importance analysis to understand the significance of different features in relation to crime rates.
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Utilized regression analysis to determine the individual impact of various features on crime rates.
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Identified the top five features significantly influencing crime rates, whether in increase or decrease.
