📌 Crime Data in R

Welcome to the Crime Data in R repository! 🎯

This repository contains all the materials, code, resources, and extras for the 2026 UK Data Service (UKDS) Workshops on Crime Data in R.

👥 Users are encouraged to explore these materials freely and watch the workshop recordings on the UK Data Service YouTube Channel:
📺 UK Data Service YouTube

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📂 Training Materials

📌 The training materials for the previous workshop can be found here:
🔗 Crime Data in R Workshop Materials
🚀 Short cut to the completed 2025 notebook

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ℹ️ Further Information

📘 Access more learning materials from the wider Computational Social Science training series:
🔗 Training Materials

📅 Stay up to date with upcoming & past training events:
🔗 UK Data Service Training Events

Happy coding! 🖥️📊

📊 Data Sources

1. Crime Data
   UK Police API. (2026). Street-level crime data. data.police.uk. Retrieved February 27, 2026, from https://data.police.uk
2. LSOA Boundaries
   UK Data Service Census Support. (2021). England LSOA boundaries 2021. Retrieved from https://borders.ukdataservice.ac.uk
3. Resident Population
   Office for National Statistics. (2022). Census 2021 Table TS001: Number of usual residents. Nomis/UK Data Service. Retrieved from https://statistics.ukdataservice.ac.uk
4. Economic Activity
   Office for National Statistics. (2022). Census 2021 Table TS066: Economic activity. Nomis/UK Data Service. Retrieved from https://statistics.ukdataservice.ac.uk
5. Rural Urban Classification
   Office for National Statistics. (2021). Rural Urban Classification (2021) of LSOAs in England and Wales. Open Geography Portal. Retrieved from https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk