Department of Geography, Sophia Girls’ College (Autonomous), Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding author email id: 2501konika@gmail.com
Online published on 7 March, 2023.
Crime is an intentional commission of an act usually deemed socially harmful or dangerous, and specifically defined, prohibited and punishable under criminal law. According to Mayhew (2009), crime and geography are related in every way. Criminal geography is a study that analyzes the effects of crime, the crimes committed, and crimes, including criminals, to understand how crime interacts with society and the space. If you want to stop crime, you have to know about geography of crime because crime has an inherent geographical quality. A place plays a vital role in understanding crime and how crime can be tackled. This study includes an analysis of the crime and geospatial location of the Kotwali Police Station and depicts the Hotspot areas of criminal cases during the years 20092019. Frequency and reduction help us better understand crimes and why they occur. Hence, the basic purpose of this study was to improve existing unknown knowledge about the crimes and incidents taking place in the city of Ajmer and its provinces in the meantime. This study aims to clarify crime rates and incidents related to the city of Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Crime mapping, Kotwali police station, Remote sensing, Geographical information system