Abstract:We aim to characterise the incidence and distribution of crime in 32 states of Mexico. A hierarchical grouping with average linkage is implemented with crime information from DataMéxico, segmented by state and type of crime from 2015 to 2020. Based on the proportional number of crimes over the population of each state, through the elbow method and the average linkage with a Cophenetic correlation coefficient, we validate the number of clusters. Subsequently, a principal component analysis (PCA) is performed to… Show more
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