Comments on: London shootings heat map https://jamescousins.com/2009/03/london-shootings-heat-map/ A (micro.)blog without a purpose. Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:49:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: James https://jamescousins.com/2009/03/london-shootings-heat-map/#comment-307 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:49:17 +0000 http://jamescousins.com/?p=945#comment-307 In reply to Gez.

An interesting point, I didn’t address fear of other crime directly but generally Wandsworth has lower fear of crime (including violent crime) than the rest of London, which is why fear of gun crime really sticks out.

Your point regarding the difference between shooting and gun crime is correct. Technically, a banana in a pocket can be used for gun crime if it is intimated that it is actually a gun.

]]> By: Gez https://jamescousins.com/2009/03/london-shootings-heat-map/#comment-303 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:00:13 +0000 http://jamescousins.com/?p=945#comment-303 Quite an interesting map, and a valid question. I think the answer lies in the fact that people don’t differentiate gun fear from knife fear from robbery fear etc. A general feeling of unease and fear of violent crime will lead to increased fear of gun crime. The media reports of gun crimes in the area may be low but the reporting of knife crime in south london has been feverish this last year.

I have to make the comment that shootings don’t represent all gun crime. I would be interested to see if the map looked any different if armed robberies involving guns were included.

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