I currently work in a law enforcement data science team, with a focus on geospatial analysis. My interests lie in crime analysis, particularly understanding the spatial distribution and concentration of crime, and how these patterns relate to the physical and built environment. More broadly, I’m passionate about leveraging diverse data sources to better understand public safety challenges, inform problem-solving approaches, and evaluate the impact of interventions.

Please note that all content on this site — including blog posts, articles, and opinions — reflects my personal views and not those of any employer, organisation, or affiliation.

Recent Posts

• Aoristic crime analysis

  April 06, 2025

  When analysing crime patterns, it’s common to rely on timestamps that record precisely when incidents occurred. However, many crime types, such as burglaries, frequently happen within uncertain time windows — for example, a burglary might take place sometime between when the resident leaves at 9 AM and returns home at...

• Evaluating Place-Based Crime Interventions: A Walkthrough of the Home Office Clear, Hold, Build Impact Evaluation

  February 26, 2025

  The Home Office Clear, Hold, Build (CHB) initiative is a place-focused intervention that has been happening in England and Wales since 2021. In a recent impact evaluation, analysts used a four-stage approach — combining Propensity Score Matching (PSM), Synthetic Control Method (SCM), Parallel Trends Assessment, and Difference-in-Differences (DID) — to...

• Offender scoring matrices

  October 09, 2024

  As I rummaged through my Twitter/X account to remove older posts, I stumbled on a thread I thought was worthy of a short article. It concerns how police forces score individuals for targeted action where violence is concerned. The thread was specifically in response to the criticism faced by the...

Recent Maps

• Violence and sexual offences at London transport stations

  January 31, 2024

  We often see misleading headlines about crime in the media — and one recent example inspired a map layer I created and shared here on Felt Several national and regional newspapers reported a “shocking” 75% rise in recorded crime on London’s transport network, particularly the Underground. But the reality is...

• Quick interactive crime maps with folium

  October 20, 2024

  In crime analysis, visualising data through maps is essential for understanding patterns and trends. Traditionally, static maps have been commplace across a range of products used to inform police tasking and resource allocation. However, when you’re servicing an entire city or a larger area, creating numerous static maps for inclusion...

• London Weapon Homicide and Gang Mapping

  April 19, 2025

  This interactive map explores patterns of weapon-enabled homicides and urban street gang locations across London between 2006 and 2024, using openly available data sources. Click here to view the map (Opens in a new tab) About the Layers The map includes seven layers that can be toggled on/off to explore...