Table 4 Distribution of social media application type by violent crime type, violent crimes in Prince George’s County, Maryland, 2018–2023
Overall | Crime type | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simple Assault | Aggravated Assault | Robbery | Sexual Offense | Homicide | Kidnapping/Abduction | |||
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
420 (100.0%) | 71 (16.9%) | 42 (10.0%) | 231 (55.0%) | 67 (16.0%) | 7 (1.7%) | 2 (0.5%) | ||
Application type | <0.001 | |||||||
Social networking | 178 (42.4%) | 45 (63.4%) | 27 (64.3%) | 66 (28.6%) | 34 (50.7%) | 5 (71.4%) | 1 (50.0%) | |
Advertising/Selling | 82 (19.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (7.1%) | 78 (33.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (14.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Ridesharing | 55 (13.1%) | 13 (18.3%) | 7 (16.7%) | 34 (14.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | |
Dating | 21 (5.0%) | 1 (1.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (3.9%) | 11 (16.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Image/Video Hosting | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Mobile payment | 10 (2.4%) | 1 (1.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (3.0%) | 2 (3.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Instant messaging/Voice over Internet Protocol | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Other | 70 (16.7%) | 11 (15.5%) | 5 (11.9%) | 35 (15.2%) | 18 (26.9%) | 1 (14.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |