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Abstract
This study discusses the relationship between crime and different elements of the urban environment within the Greater Cairo Region (GCR). It is worth mentioning that several researchers in the past have tried to understand this relationship at the level of different areas, in their forefront: Jane Jacobs (1961); who indicated that the feeling of safety could be achieved by increasing the number of people using a particular area, and Oscar Newman (1973); who introduced his new idea of “Defensible space” and contradicted Jacobs’ concept.
To achieve the purpose of this study, the researcher depended on social and physical analysis of the urban environment on both districts and neighborhoods levels and the extraction of the common factors that probably led to increasing crime rates as follows:
For the districts level, the main agglomeration districts were investigated in detail; including both social and physical characteristics. Based on the correlation between crime rates as dependent variable and the social/spatial factors as independent variables, analysis showed that increasing socially deteriorated areas within a district helps in increasing the district’s criminals and the crimes committed within the adjacent ones. Analysis also showed that grid street network, weak or exaggerated natural surveillance are the key factors in increasing crime rates.
For the neighborhoods level, the neighborhoods in which the Maadi’s serial killer committed his incidents were selected to be analyzed. Comparing the studied neighborhoods showed that the existence of grid street network, low population density, deficiencies in spaces’ hierarchy, linear tissues and high-rise buildings could enhance opportunities for crime.
Comparing the previous results showed that improving the physical environment through the good street layout which induces the natural movement, in addition to upgrading of population socio-economically; especially within the socially deteriorated areas, are the most informative tools in decreasing crime rates within the GCR.
Finally, the study recommends the need for cooperation among legislators, local governments, planners and designers, criminologists and organizations within different ministries in order to get a secured, well-planned environment with lower crime opportunities and the minimum number of criminals.