TY - JOUR T1 - Monitoring Crime Rates with Control Charts Using GIS Classifications AU - , Bello AU - Gulumbe, S.U. AU - Yelwa, S.A. AU - Badamasi, M.M. JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 207 EP - 214 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2012.207.214 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2012.207.214 KW - Crime KW -property KW -GIS KW -mean KW -range KW -charts KW -Nigeria AB - Monitoring crime rate with statistical tools and modern scientific and technological methods determine the safety index or otherwise of a geographical area. This study explores the use of GIS classifications and mean and range charts for monitoring crime rates in a geographical area. The standard charts were constructed using the crime rates of the median levels of crimes from GIS classification of Katsina state crime data. The historical mean can be use to monitor the levels of the crimes in the future period. ER -