Azevedo, VanessaMaia, Rui LeandroGuerreiro, Maria JoãoOliveira, GiselaSani, AnaCaridade, SóniaDinis, Maria Alzira PimentaEstrada, RuiPaulo, DanielaMagalhães, MarianaNunes, Laura M.2023-08-292023-08-292021-12Vanessa Azevedo, Rui Leandro Maia, Maria João Guerreiro, Gisela Oliveira, Ana Sani, Sónia Caridade, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Rui Estrada, Daniela Paulo, Mariana Magalhães, Laura M. Nunes, Looking at crime-communities and physical spaces: A curated dataset, Data in Brief, Volume 39, 2021, 107560, ISSN 2352-3409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107560. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921008362)http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28296This article describes a curated dataset entitled “Looking at Crime: Communities and Physical Spaces”, which comprises data from different sources, namely Diagnosis of Local Security (DLS), Diagnosis of School Environment (DSE) and observation of physical spaces. The main topic covered was crime and related variables at the Historic Centre of Porto (HCP), a well-known urban area located in the North of Portugal. It is currently attended by inhabitants, workers, students and tourists. This dataset includes i) data from two different selfreports: i.1) demographics, perception of (in)security, victimization, social control and community cohesion obtained through an inquiry applied to the adult community; and i.2) data from school climate and students behavioural problems, which may be seen as risk factors for juvenile delinquency, collected through a web-survey applied to school personnel; and ii) data from observation of physical spaces, attending to the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles. The dataset allows descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, being useful for students, academics, stakeholders, police forces and policy-makers, to better understand crime and its related variables, forecast criminal incidents, and further develop associated preventive and intervention programmes.engCriminality; Insecurity; Diagnosis of local security; Diagnosis of school environment; School climate; Crime Prevention through Environmental; Design; Historic Centre of Portojournal article10.1016/j.dib.2021.107560