Sharing lodging business like Airbnb thrives in recent years, meanwhile crimes and safety issues are along with the development of this burgeoning market. By using geographical weighted regression and mapping techniques revealed significant positive correlations between Airbnb clusters and crime indices. This relationship was not only significant by crime type and listing type, but also varied by spatial distribution. For the relationships altered by crime type, positive correlations were found in property crime, while negative correlations exist in violent crime. Robbery and motor vehicle theft had positive correlations, while negative correlations were recognized in murder/rape. For the crime opportunity varies by room type, shared room shows positive correlations with crimes, particularly in less touristy area, while private room and entire home carry negative correlations. Finally, spatially varying relationships were found across the studied area. The study provides security suggestions for sharing lodging guests/hosts, local government and the overall lodging industry
