This package provides an introductory course in crime mapping: using maps and spatial analysis to understand and respond to crime. The course consists of interactive tutorials built using the learnr package.

We will use R and RStudio to produce most of the maps and spatial analysis that we will work on in this module. Most of the sessions will take the form of interactive tutorials inside RStudio. As a first step, install R and RStudio on your computer – both are free software and available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

1. Download R (choose the 'latest release') for your computer from the R website and install it. If you already have R installed on your machine, please update it to the latest release. If you need help, watch this Install R video.
2. Download RStudio Desktop (Open Source License) for your computer from the RStudio website and install. If you already have RStudio Desktop installed on your machine, please update it to the latest release. If you need help, watch this Install RStudio video.
3. Open RStudio and paste the following two lines of code exactly as they are into the Console panel just to the right of the > symbol in the bottom-left corner (there may be a flashing cursor to the right of the > symbol).

install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("mpjashby/crimemapping")

4. Load the first tutorial by pasting the following line of code into Console.

crimemapping::tutorial("01_getting_started")

You can see a list of available tutorials by typing:

crimemapping::tutorial()

You can load any tutorial by specifying the short name of the tutorial, e.g.

crimemapping::tutorial("02_your_first_crime_map")