Zoning the Geographical Areas of Drug Trafficking in Kermanshah Border Metropolis

Kermanshah city has a set of problems, including the spread of marginalization, inefficient and unorganized textures, the concentration of low-income groups, and various social anomalies and disorders. These issues have posed serious challenges to the security of citizens. The aim of this study is to zoning the spatial pattern of drug-related crime in Kermanshah. The statistical population of the study is the legal area of Kermanshah. The method of the present study is applied and tools such as mean center and standard deviation ellipse, Moran spatial autocorrelation analysis and kernel density estimation in GIS environment and T-statistic have been used. In the present study, Excel software was used to create a database; GIS software was exerted for graphical analysis; and Crime Analysis and SPSS software were also applied. Findings show that the rate of Moran I index in the distribution of points related to general and major drug trafficking and drug dealing was 0.97 and 0.95, respectively. Also, the Z value of the distribution of points of these crimes is equal to 16.94 and 20.08, respectively. Therefore, the research findings confirmed the clustering of crimes in Kermanshah. The most important centers of drug trafficking in Kermanshah are in Jafarabad, Rashidi, Feyzabad and Tazehabad, Zourabad, Topkhaneh and Azadi Square, Ariashahr, Kayhanshahr, Javanshir, Sarcheshmeh, Vakila Agha, Choqa Kabood, Maskan, Javadiyeh, Hekmatabad, Anahita and Baq Abrisham. According to the results of T-test, social, physical and environmental factors have the greatest role in the formation of geographical areas of drug trafficking in Kermanshah, respectively. As their T statistic is equal to 3.40, 3.18 and 3.12, respectively. Also, their significant value is 0.001, which is less than the error level of 5%.