Criminologist Professor Saviour Formosa from the Department of Criminology published the Malta Annual Crime Report through the CrimeMalta initiative. The annual report which also includes interactive maps depict such offences as the rapid increase in domestic violence. The report was launched in conjunction with Hon. Carmelo Abela, the Minister for Home Affairs and National Security as an initiative to mitigate the implementation of scientific reporting within national policy change and implementation.
Professor Formosa has been publishing crime statistics and reviews since 2008 through the analysis of crime trends in Malta as of 1949 and through spatio-temporal analysis as from 1998 (290,000 offences). Crime studies in Malta comprise 38 main categories of crime and 214 sub categories. The studies take the form of a rate analysis, as against a count analysis, through the study of a RISC assessment (Relative Index of Spatial Crime), trend analysis and spatio-statistical analysis.
Over the years a spatial depiction was developed to aid users to visualise crime through maps, where due to the increasingly available mobile technologies, users can interact with their location and identify safety zones as well as offence areas. The 2015 report comprises the publication of interactive maps highlighting graduated maps, heat maps and choropleth maps as well as variable high-level cluster maps that users can review and understand safety and security in the Maltese Islands. The categories comprise Main Category Offences, SubCategory Offences and RISC.
The report is available online. [PDF]
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