Crime Dimension
Overview
Crime rates can play a critical role in influencing community opinions of quality of life. High
rates of crime create undesirable and unstable living environments. The Chesapeake crime
dimension measures selected crime rates in each NSA and compares them to the rates for the
city. By making a quantitative comparison between criminal activities in small geographic areas
to the citywide rates, it is easier to gauge whether crime disproportionately affects an area. In this
way, neighborhoods where criminal activity impacts quality of life can be better identified. The
crime dimension results are presented in Figure 8.
Analytical Variables
Category A Victim Crime Index (serious offense against a person)
Category A Non-Victim Crime Index (serious offense against property)
Category B Crime (all other offenses not specified in Category A)
Results
Figure 8 shows that a few High Priority NSAs in the crime dimension are distributed throughout
the city. The primary clusters of High Priority NSAs are located north of S. Military Highway
and south of S. Military Highway along I-64.
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