At Large: Determination of Crime Patterns in the Municipalities of Nueva Vizcaya

Abstract

This research determined the crime pattern in the municipalities of Nueva Vizcaya from 2020-2023. Using descriptive research design through a documentary analysis, patterns of crimes committed in the municipalities of Nueva Vizcaya were described using statistical methods. Frequency count and weighted mean were used in finding out the pattern of crimes committed. Further, to show the significant differences of the crime according to year and months and municipality, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was utilized. Meanwhile, to distinguish the difference between the crime categories, t-test was applied. Results showed that there is a downward trend of crime rates from 2020-2023. Year 2020 recorded the highest incidents in most of the months peaking in April. In terms of total number of cases per month, June noted the highest, while September. The rate of non-index crimes is significantly higher than the index crimes across all years. Furthermore, there is a significant difference between the volumes of crimes committed according to year, municipality, and crime category, while there is no significant difference on volumes of crimes in terms of months.