The Challenge
Crime has major influences in urban life, from migration and mobility patterns, to housing prices and neighbourhood liveability. However, urban crime studies still largely rely on static data reported by the various institutions and organisations dedicated to urban safety.
In this hackathon, AHK, CODAM and AMS students explore how the use of digital technologies enables the fine-grained analysis of specific crimes over time and space. The case is the issue of bike theft in Amsterdam—a city with a dominant cycling culture, where reportedly more than 80,000 bikes are stolen every year. Recently, a study by MIT and AMS Institute researchers used active location tracking to unveil where stolen bikes travel to and what their temporal patterns are.
In this hackathon, the goal is to extract information from the data and create products or ideas about how the City of Amsterdam can reduce bike thefts.
“Solving urban challenges requires a collaborative effort where brilliant minds of tech and science co-create solutions together. The hackathon gives an opportunity for the youth to tackle the infamous Amsterdam challenge: bike theft, and empowers them to build the safe city they would want to live in.”
Victoria Ous, Partnerships & Talent Lead, Codam College
