Quantum-Enhanced Data Analytics For Crime Prediction
Abraham Ighalo, Ajmery Sultana
As criminal tactics become increasingly sophisticated, using advanced tools and technologies, the demand for more powerful analytical systems has surged. Although classical machine learning approaches have been widely used in criminal analysis, the exponential growth of data, driven largely by large language models (LLMs) and AI agents, has exposed their limitations. Quantum computing, rooted in the principles of quantum mechanics, presents a promising alternative that harnesses the behavior of atoms and electrons to perform complex computations. This study evaluates classical and quantum machine learning approaches for crime prediction, analyzing their efficacy in classifying criminal incidents. Classical models, such as logistic regression, XGBoost, random forest, and support vector machine, demonstrated robust performance, with ensemble methods such as random forest and XGBoost achieving particularly high effectiveness in classification tasks. In contrast, quantum models, including the variational quantum classifier, the quantum neural network, and the quantum support vector machine, showed promising theoretical advantages but lagged in practical performance due to current hardware. The findings highlight the need for further refinement of quantum techniques to bridge this gap and fully harness their potential for complex pattern recognition in criminal data analytics.
ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD)•Jun 25, 2025•0 citations