Find the Months with the Highest Number of Crimes

Using the crime_data list from the prior exercise, you'll answer a common question that arises when dealing with crime data: How many crimes are committed each month?

Feel free to use the IPython Shell to explore the crime_data list - it has been pre-loaded for you. For example, crime_data[0][0] will show you the first column of the first row which, in this case, is the date and time time that the crime occurred.

Import Counter from collections and datetime from datetime.
Create a Counter object called crimes_by_month.
Loop over the crime_data list:
- Using the datetime.strptime() function, convert the first element of each item into a Python Datetime Object called date.
- Increment the counter for the month associated with this row by one. You can access the month of date using date.month.
Print the 3 most common months for crime.

Take Hint (-30 XP)

Exercise

Find the Months with the Highest Number of Crimes

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