Temporal Analysis: Patterns in Crime - By Time and Date

The time and date of an offence are likely to be relevant to most crime and disorder analysis. It is important to look at when an offence or cluster of offences takes place (e.g. time of day, week, month or year). This will enable partnerships to assess whether some peaks in crime are due to seasonal events e.g. Christmas, football matches, the release of a prolific offender or the distribution of methadone prescriptions.

Temporal analysis is the type of analysis undertaken to see if time and date have an impact on local crime patterns.

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