On the Analysis of the Relationship between Physical Deterioration and Crime in Metropolises (Case Study: District 12 of Tehran City)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

H. Heidarkhani ¹ , R. Mokhtari Malek Abadi ² , M. rostami ³ , Faryad Parhiz ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamabad-e-Gharb branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamabad-e-Gharb, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
4 - Ph.D. candidate in Geography and Urban Planning, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2016-12-26 Accepted : 2017-11-01 Published : 2017-12-21

Keywords: Urban Crime, District 12, Worn out, Tehran Metropolitan Area,

Abstract :

The worn out texture of Tehran city is 3268 hectares, which accounts for about 5 percent of the total area of the city of Tehran, and the district 12, which is the historical core, is one of the worst urban areas in Tehran. The emergence of various social anomalies in Tehran's metropolis has become a major concern for urban managers. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the spatial patterns and facilitating conditions of committing crimes in the area of worn out texture of the region of 12 metropolitan area of Tehran. The current research is applied and its method is analytical, comparative. In this study, tests for the nearest neighbor and kernel density estimates were used to identify spatial patterns of crime distribution. The statistical population of the present study consisted of convicted offenders who have been filed in Tehran's clinics. As a statistical sample, 560 cases of crimes in district 12 of Tehran municipality have been investigated. The findings show that the concentration center of mass corpses has been formed in central, northeastern and northwestern parts of the district 12 of Tehran, which indicates the unfavorable situation of this section in terms of delinquency than other parts of it. has it. The highest percentages of crimes occurred in blocks of 40-60, 60-80, 80-100% unbearable. From the total of 560 crimes committed, 509 cases equaled 87.69% of all crimes occurred in unrelenting blocks with a high percentage of infamy.

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