| Summary: | Abstract
‘Knarkrondellen’, which translates to ‘the drug roundabout’,
is a known hot spot for drug trading in Malmö and the police have
implemented several measures to fight the open drug market. This
paper sets out to investigate the impact that the police interventions,
namely enhanced police foot patrols, improved street lighting and
the installation of a surveillance camera, exert on the crime rates
and the fear of crime at the roundabout. Quantitative data from the
police register of reported crimes and police surveys are analyzed.
The findings show that the police interventions did not reach the
desired preventative effect on crime in the given study period and
possibly indicate the occurrence of displacement. Nor did the citizens’
feeling of safety and perception of the problems change significantly
as a result of the interventions.
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