Analyzing Crime Data in Ottawa using QGIS

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=Introduction= The main purpose of this tutorial was to determine the criminal trends based on the spatial locations in Ottawa using open source software. The QGIS was selected for the purpose of this tutorial (can be downloaded from: (https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html) The data includes many different crimes occurred in Ottawa from 2005 to 2013. The spatial locations include: Orleans, Innes, Barrhaven, Kanata North, West-Carleton March, Stittsville-Kanata West, Bay, College, Knoxdale-Merivale, Gloucester-Southgate, Beacon Hill-Cyrville, Rideau Vanier, Rideau-Rockcliffe, Somerset, Kicthissippi, River, Capital, Alta Vista, Cumberland, Osgoode, Rideau-Golbourn, Gloucester-South Nepean and Kanata South. Some of the crimes include: Total Criminal Code of Canada (CCC) including Traffic, Total Criminal Code of Canada (CCC) excluding Traffic, Crimes against Person, Total number of Homicides, Total Number of Attempted Murders, Total Number of Robberies and Total Number of Assaults (including Sexual Assaults), Total Number of Other Sexual Offences, Number of Abductions, Total Number of Uttering Threats or Intimidation Offences, Total Number of Other Crimes.