Describing the geographical linkage between the UK Millennium Cohort Study and crime incidents in England and Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enhancing longitudinal cohort studies by linking routine external data to them is increasingly used to evaluate how local environments impact participants' outcomes (e.g. crime on adolescents' perception of security and victimisation).

Objective

To describe the geographical linkage between the UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and street-level crime incidents reported to the Police in England and Wales, and to estimate crime count and rates around MCS participants' residences.

Methods

Eight years of monthly street-level police data were linked to the residential postcodes of MCS participants living in England and Wales in surveys 5, 6 and 7 to create individual-level variables of neighbourhood crime counts and rates (28,724 surveys and 11,365 individuals). R

SUBMITTER: Libuy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606510 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature