Table 4.

HPM for properties and crime rates for selected towns in Johannesburg

Town/ModelVariableEstimatet-Valuep-ValueAdj. R2
Midrand (obs. = 9,230)
Model 1Intercept12.314*** (0.0219)561.940.000
lnProperty size0.1845*** (0.0054)34.230.000
No. of bedrooms0.0628*** (0.0074)8.440.000
No. of bathrooms0.1962*** (0.0075)26.050.000
0.3985
Model 2Intercept13.3044*** (0.5092)26.1290.000
lnProperty size0.1891*** (0.0053)35.5160.000
No. of bedrooms0.0611*** (0.0073)8.3180.000
No. of bathrooms0.1942*** (0.0074)26.1230.000
lnRobbery0.2141*** (0.0372)5.7550.000
lnBurglary−0.304*** (0.0411)−7.3950.000
0.4146
Model 3Intercept11.8855*** (0.508)23.3870.000
lnProperty size0.1846*** (0.0054)34.2370.000
No. of bedrooms0.0629*** (0.0075)8.4520.000
No. of bathrooms0.1936*** (0.0075)26.0560.000
lnTotalRes crime0.0303*** (0.0359)0.8440.399
0.3985
Soweto (Obs. = 5,431)
Model 1Intercept12.5399*** (0.0486)258.1870.000
lnProperty size0.0395*** (0.0088)4.5050.000
No. of bedrooms0.0403*** (0.0072)5.5670.000
No. of bathrooms0.0507*** (0.0079)6.64010.000
0.3026
Model 2Intercept16.299*** (0.7606)21.4300.000
lnProperty size0.0375*** (0.0087)4.2990.000
No. of bedrooms0.046*** (0.0072)6.3990.000
No. of bathrooms0.0362*** (0.008)4.5460.000
lnRobbery0.2459*** (0.0366)6.7250.000
lnBurglary−0.612*** (0.0853)−7.1760.000
0.04992
Model 3Intercept10.51*** (0.484)21.7160.000
lnProperty size0.0368*** (0.0088)4.1860.000
No. of bedrooms0.0412*** (0.0072)5.6900.000
No. of bathrooms0.0476*** (0.0079)5.9880.000
lnTotalRes crime0.1498*** (0.0355)4.2150.000
0.03325
Note(s):

***, *** and *indicate 1, 5 and 10% significance levels, respectively. S.E. are in parenthesis. TotalRes crime is the sum of robbery and burglary at residential premises

Source(s): Authors’ own creation

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