Publications
Safe.brussels produces a wide range of publications for the authorities, its partners and the general public. These publications include in particular:
- The safe.brussels Annual Report which contains all the organisation's achievements and activities over the year.
- The Annual Report of the Brussels Observatory for Prevention and Safety which monitors recurring data from the police and the courts, but also the municipalities relating to municipal administrative sanctions (SAC).
- The Observatory's Thematic Brochures that provide a more in-depth analysis of certain specific phenomena.
- The Regional Safety Survey which assesses the feeling of insecurity and security breaches (anti-social behaviour, crimes and offences) across Brussels every two years.
- The Global Security and Prevention Plan (GSPP) 2021-2024, adopted by the Brussels Government on 14 January 2021, which is the strategic reference framework for 2021 to 2024 for all those working in relation to prevention and security matters in the Brussels-Capital Region.
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Observatory Paper: Analysis of recorded crime by district in the Brussels Region
This study explores the relationships between recorded crime and the socio-economic characteristics of districts in the Brussels-Capital Region.Using a statistical approach (multivariate analysis based on 14 variables), the safe.brussels observatory offers a structured interpretation of local dynamics. Combining a correlation matrix, a principal component analysis and a classification method...
Observatory Methodological notes #2: Comparing countries, regions or cities in terms of security
It is tempting to compare countries, regions or cities when studying security.Such comparisons are, however, complex and call for great caution. Based on the case of the Brussels-Capital Region (BCR), this note reviews the conditions required to enable methodologically rigorous comparisons (Sections 1 to 3) and discusses some existing indices and rankings as well as their limitations (Sectio...
Crime and security in the Brussels-Capital Region: Selected trends and key insights
The Observatory report is accompanied by a complementary publication entitled “Selected trends and key insights”.This tool provides context for several key trends identified in the data and highlights major themes such as sexual violence, cybercrime, crisis management, and drug use.In addition to making the data easier to access, this document encourages readers to go beyond simple observation in ...
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