The Geography of Crime

Posted at 10:47 am on 19th March, 2020

Year 7 Turn Detective!

Wellacre’s Year 7 students are studying the Geography of Crime this term, and their work took them out into the community. 

The final assessment calls for a presentation on data, collected by students in answer to an inquiry question - ‘Is there a crime problem in our area?’  All the data collected will be presented in the form of graphs, maps and charts to provide evidence to support the question.

Mr Baker, Leader of Geography, said:

“Taking Geography outside of the classroom and collecting data is a great benefit to the students.  Fieldwork is essential to geography, therefore introducing this early in Year 7 helps our students to develop skills that will help in all aspects of geography.”

Students’ data collection task asked them to gain a view of the environment.  To do so, they completed an environmental quality survey of specific areas around Woodsend. 

The results provided a figure that was either positive i.e. attracts less crime, or negative i.e. likely to attract more crime. 

Another data collection task that students completed, challenged them to approach the general public and asked their views on crime in the area.  The questionnaire feedback provided students with a wider view on crime taking place in the area. 

Year 7 student Ryan, said:

“I really enjoyed doing this survey, we collected a lot of information about crime!”