property_crime: South Carolina Property Crime Statistics

Description Usage Format Source

Description

The dataset of property crime statistics by county in South Carolina in 2019 according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Property crime includes breaking and entering, vehicle theft, larsony, and arson. The processed dataset includes the county name, the number of property crimes, the crime rate according to the county population, the clearance rate (the percentage of crimes cleared by arrest or exceptional means), and census information. The dataset is categorized as a Social and Community Context Determinant of Health.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 46 rows and 7 columns

county

County

number

Number of Crimes

rate

Crime Rate

clearance

Clearance Rate

geoid

GEOID

county_latitude

Latitude of the County Centroid

county_longitude

Longitude of the County Centroid

Source

https://www.sled.sc.gov/forms/statistics/2019%20Crime%20in%20South%20Carolina.pdf


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