Analysis of spatial and temporal changes in hot spots of drug-related offenses in Vienna, Austria between 2010 and 2019

Abstract

The book chapter deals with spatio-temporal changes found in hot spots for criminal activity linked to addictive substances in Vienna, Austria between 2010 and 2019. It will also explore geographic and socioeconomic factors, and the ways in which they impact such hot spots. The aforementioned geographic and socioeconomic characteristics used in this analysis have been taken from relevant academic literature. In order to find hot spots of criminal activity, the space-time cube will be used in combination with the emerging hot spot analysis. Apart from one exception, all hot spots are located within the inner districts of Vienna. Most of these can be identified as consecutive hot spots. This means that they have existed for several years and no suitable methods, either through police intervention or political measures, have been found to combat them