This is a really funny analogy, because crime maps within a city are very valuable.
https://x.com/gothamist/status/1816609920202019080
> Just 4% of New York City’s 120,000 blocks account for nearly all of the city’s shootings, according to the data.
https://x.com/gothamist/status/1816609920202019080
> Just 4% of New York City’s 120,000 blocks account for nearly all of the city’s shootings, according to the data.
it's still true that crime rates might be higher when people are close to each other because "rural serial killers need comparatively a lot more travel time," but still, the idea of weighing crime statistics to make statistical sense of them is pretty well established.