Safety App: Crime Prediction Using GIS

Crime in Mumbai has always been a concern for both the government authorities as well as the citizens of Mumbai. With the increase in the population, the crime rate has also been on an increase which in turn increases the risk factor for the safety of the citizens of Mumbai. To deal with this, the citizens should not only rely on the government authorities to cater the needs but at the same time, the citizens should also understand and adapt with the applications of technology in this very era of technology, to help provide better safety for all the citizens residing in the dynamic city of Mumbai. Safety while traveling can be considered as the major need in Mumbai, as Mumbai is regarded as the city that never sleeps. There have been several at-tempts made by the government authorities as well as individuals to help provide a model for better safety while traveling but still it has never been completely automated. This research pro-poses a model that works in synergy with various steps that include crime data collection, and then analysis on that data to predict the crimehotspots which are specifically targeted to help citizens to distinguish between safe and unsafeareas while traveling.