“…These have been found to be related to increased crime rates where for instance, streets containing bars and pubs experienced more crime than streets lacking them (McCord et al, 2007;Rengert et al, 2005;Roncek & Bell, 1981;Roncek & Maier, 1991). Other land uses e.g., transit-related land-uses, retail stores, schools, lack of use of land e.t.c have also been related to crime (Roncek and Faggiani, 1985;Roncek & LoBosco, 1983;Roncek and Faggiani, 1985;Wilcox et al, 2004;Bernasco & Block, 2011;Boessen & Hipp, 2015;Hipp et al, 2017;). It was apparent that the relationship between land-uses and crime is far more complex as pointed out by Cozens et al (2019).…”