Predicting the crime type using ML for chicago crime records
Predicting the crime type using ML Mahesh Matele 1.Introduction 1.1 Background Crime in Chicago has been tracked by the Chicago Police Department 's Bureau of Records since the beginning of the 20th century. The city's overall crime rate, especially the violent crime rate, is higher than the US average. Chicago was responsible for nearly half of 2016's increase in homicides in the US, though the nation's crime rates remain near historic lows. The reasons for the higher numbers in Chicago remain unclear . An article in The Atlantic detailed how researchers and analysts had come to no real consensus on the cause for the violence. As part of our research we are going to aid the exploration of finding out the speculate the reasons for the increase in crimes in Chicago. For more information, please follow this link . 1.2 Problem: Crime reporting accuracy In 2014 and 2015, Chicago Magazine and...