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Figure 3.3
from Irvine at 50: A Tale of Continuity and Change
by University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology
University of California, Irvine, School of Social Ecology Irvine at 50: A Tale of Continuity and Change • November 1 2021
Figure 3.3 Amount of violent and property crime in Irvine compared to expected
Turning to property crime, in all of these decades, Irvine has had less property crime than the model would have predicted (red bars). In 1980 and 1990, property crime in Irvine was a little bit less than predicted (8% and 3% less). But since 2000, Irvine has had much less property crime than predicted. In 2000, the city had 34% less property crime than predicted, and this improved even more to 41% less in 2010 and 47% less than predicted in 2017.
Based on these results, we can ascertain there is something else about Irvine—some other characteristics—that results in the city consistently having less crime than the model would predict. What might these characteristics be? We consider this in the next section.
