Neighborhood crime exposure
Neighborhood crime exposure indices were obtained from CrimeRisk
(Applied Geographic Solutions, 2015), which is a database containing
geocoded information about crime risk indices for multiple types of
crime including property (i.e., burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft)
and personal (i.e., murder, rape, robbery, assault) crime rates for each
zip code within the target county. Crime risk indices, reflecting the
relative risk of a crime occurring in an area compared to the national
average, were calculated from a thorough analysis of crime reports in
the target county across a 7‐year period. A score of “100” reflects
the national average for each crime statistic.