The impact of weather patterns on increasing violent crime and social cost in South Africa

Abstract Crimes in South Africa are characterized by more violent crimes, more frequent in warm seasons, and more in Gauteng Province. We propose interpretable machine learning (IML) and multiple linear regression (MLR) algorithms to quantify the determinants of crime. From 2017 to 2023, the total n...

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Main Authors: Tianen Yao, Jinjia Zhang, Xinyu Yang, Yida Wang, Huaixiao Ye, Zhenyu Zhang, Ming Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2025-07-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05460-0
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