Database research record2009·United States (Houston)
The Impact of Community Gardens on Numbers of Property Crimes in Urban Houston
M.R. Gorham, Tina M. Waliczek, Amy Snelgrove, Jayne M. Zajicek
HortTechnology
Urban Farm DB summary
A pilot study in Houston, Texas, investigated the impact of 11 established community gardens on property crime numbers using 2005 crime data. Statistical comparisons between community garden areas and randomly selected city areas showed no statistically significant differences in the mean number of crime occurrences. The presence of a community garden was not found to be a predictor of a lower crime rate for a neighborhood.