Can trees lower crime rates

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  Can Trees Lower Crime

Inspiration

Curiosity and a love of nature.

What it does

Finds a relationship between presence of trees and crime rates in the Syracuse Area.

How we built it

Using R.

Challenges we ran into

Data preparation, and building models.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We managed to find a significant relationship between tree presence and crime.

What we learned

How to use real life datasets, visualize, and derive conclusions.

What's next for Can trees lower crime rates

Suggestions to the city about forestry, and planning.

Built With

• r