Spatial analysis of crime distribution in Chalous city using GIS

Delinquency is one of the most important social problems in most cities of the world that has a negative impact on people's lives, mental, physical and financial. In recent years, there has been a great deal of interest and attention in analyzing the relationship between place and crime and studying the interaction between humans and the environment and the conditions and contexts in the formation of spatial patterns of crime. Identifying environmental and spatial factors of crime and trying to eliminate these factors or reduce its effects is known as the most important way to prevent the occurrence of anomalies. This article has been done with the aim of spatial analysis of crime in Chalous city. The research method in the present study is analytical and comparative and to identify and understand the spatial patterns of delinquency, the global Moran model has been used in the GIS system, where the required information on the amount and type of crime has been obtained as a library. Findings of the present study show that crime hotspots in Chalous city are clustered.