Table 1
Spatial autoregression model for violent and property crime rates,1 youth aged 12 to 17, Montréal neighbourhoods, 2001
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| Violent crime rate2 | Property crime rate2 | |
|---|---|---|
| regression coefficient (b) | ||
| Number of students attending a school in the neighbourhood | 0.49*** | 0.19** |
| Commercial zoning percentage | 0.22*** | 0.37*** |
| Percentage of persons with a university degree | … | -0.25** |
| Percentage of persons without a secondary school diploma | 0.14* | … |
| Percentage of recent immigrants (arrived between 1991 and 2001) | -0.33*** | … |
| Percentage of the population that belongs to a visible minority | 0.29*** | … |
| Percentage of persons in low-income households | 0.25*** | … |
| Male/female ratio | … | -0.19** |
| Percentage of persons who lived in another neighbourhood in 1996 | … | 0.25*** |
| Percentage of dwellings in need of major repairs | 0.13* | … |
| Spatial lag variable | 0.31* | 0.39* |
| Correlation squared (r2) | 0.23 | 0.14 | * p<0.05. |
| ** p<0.01. | ||
| *** p<0.001. | ||
| 1. Police-reported violent and property crime rates, based on the number of residents aged 12 to 17 (log transformed). Based on the 506 census tracts (CTs) with more than 250 residents. | ||
| 2. Regression models include intercept. | ||
| Note: Variables are standardized z-scores. | ||
| Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, UCR 2.2, geocoded database, 2001 and 2001 Census; 2005 zoning data, Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal; Ministère de l'éducation, du loisir et du sport du Québec, school attendance data, 2002/2003. | ||
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