� Materials tested over three years with several cohorts of students at different levels (UG and PGT), based on experiences teaching these materials to professional crime analysts, and developed by researchers with over 20 year experience teaching crime mapping. � Very practical and embedded integration of criminological, spatial statistics, and cartographic concepts with the focus placed on lay understanding and development of intuition for ‘professional/applied research’ practice rather than in mathematical formulation and proof. � Moves away from heavy US focus of competing alternatives. Datasets and examples used come from a variety of national contexts (including the US) which should broaden its appeal.