london_murders
London Murders, 2006-2011
Description
This dataset contains the victim name, age, and location of every murder recorded in the Greater London area by the Metropolitan Police from January 1, 2006 to September 7, 2011.
Usage
london_murders
Format
A data frame with 838 observations on the following 5 variables.
- forename
First name(s) of the victim.
- age
Age of the victim.
- date
Date of the murder (YYYY-MM-DD).
- year
Year of the murder.
- borough
The London borough in which the murder took place. See the Details section for a list of all the boroughs.
Details
To visualize this data set using a map, see the
london_boroughs dataset, which contains the latitude and
longitude of polygons that define the boundaries of the 32 boroughs of
Greater London.
The borough variable covers all 32 boroughs in Greater London:
Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent,
Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing,
Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith &
Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon,
Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea,
Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton,
Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Southwark,
Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest,
Wandsworth, Westminster
Source
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/oct/05/murder-london-list#data
References
Inspired by The Guardian Datablog.