. The environmental design of the hostel is conducive to crime, because it allows passages between the hostel units which make the pursuit of suspects difficult. . The infrastructure is poor, the roads and entrances to the hostel units are full of potholes and trenches and the road condition exceptionally poor. . It is nearly impossible to action a cordon and search operation, because the area is not fenced. . Access to the units is poor for the police and other local authority services because of the construction of illegal structures. . Most of the residents are not co-operating with the police, since many are involved in crime or have relations with persons involved in criminal activities. . Many of the residents living in the hostel have no legal right to live there. Undocumented people frequent the hostel and occupy some of the units without being traced. . There is an open field between the mine property and the hostel, and thus hostel dwellers can come and go undetected.