Payame Noor University Journal of Urban Ecology Researches 2538-3930 16 41 2025 12 22 Comparative Evaluation of the Factors Affecting the Incidence of Crime in Prosperous and Non-prosperous Urban Areas Case Study: Ardabil City Comparative Evaluation of the Factors Affecting the Incidence of Crime in Prosperous and Non-prosperous Urban Areas Case Study: Ardabil City 131 148 11839 10.30473/grup.2025.70558.2834 FA Mahdi Mohammadi Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. Roya Moghabeli Ph.D Student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. Leyla Mohajeri Naeemi Ph.D Student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran Journal Article 2024 02 10 It is necessary to have a dynamic city with stable dimensions, to provide security and reduce the occurrence of crimes in this settlement. Therefore, it is necessary to identify and investigate the factors affecting the occurrence of crime in order to take preventive measures and reduce the scope of crime. The purpose of this research is to compare the factors affecting the incidence of crime in prosperous and non-prosperous neighborhoods of Ardabil urban settlements. The current study is applied and quantitative-survey method based on structural approach. The statistical population of this research consists of the residents of the neighborhoods (Azadi and Rezvan towns) as prosperous and well-off and (Araz Ali and Iranabad) as non-well-off and less well-off residents of Ardabil city. According to the statistical population of 31605 people, the statistical sample size was 380 using Cochran's formula. To analyze the research data, statistical tests T-test, single-sample T and Pearson's correlation test were used in SPSS software. The results of the research showed that in affluent areas, all factors affecting the incidence of crime are evaluated above average (average 3) and in a better condition, but in non-affluent areas, all components are evaluated below average (average 3) and in an unfavorable condition. Also, there is a significant and direct relationship between the three components of the research (quality of residence, quality of landscape and social security) and the formation of crime in both types of neighborhoods. So that by upgrading each of the components, the occurrence of crime will decrease significantly. It is necessary to have a dynamic city with stable dimensions, to provide security and reduce the occurrence of crimes in this settlement. Therefore, it is necessary to identify and investigate the factors affecting the occurrence of crime in order to take preventive measures and reduce the scope of crime. The purpose of this research is to compare the factors affecting the incidence of crime in prosperous and non-prosperous neighborhoods of Ardabil urban settlements. The current study is applied and quantitative-survey method based on structural approach. The statistical population of this research consists of the residents of the neighborhoods (Azadi and Rezvan towns) as prosperous and well-off and (Araz Ali and Iranabad) as non-well-off and less well-off residents of Ardabil city. According to the statistical population of 31605 people, the statistical sample size was 380 using Cochran's formula. To analyze the research data, statistical tests T-test, single-sample T and Pearson's correlation test were used in SPSS software. The results of the research showed that in affluent areas, all factors affecting the incidence of crime are evaluated above average (average 3) and in a better condition, but in non-affluent areas, all components are evaluated below average (average 3) and in an unfavorable condition. Also, there is a significant and direct relationship between the three components of the research (quality of residence, quality of landscape and social security) and the formation of crime in both types of neighborhoods. So that by upgrading each of the components, the occurrence of crime will decrease significantly. https://grup.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_11839_97092622e6a890257083d148f308c837.pdf