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image captionLockdown saw a fall in admissions for violent injury outside the home in Cardiff, the study found
Emergency teams saw a rapid and sustained fall in violent injuries during the first Covid lockdown, a study by Cardiff University has found.
However, there was no change in domestic violence admissions at Cardiff s emergency department.
The University Hospital of Wales said it saw the average weekly number of violent injury admissions drop from 28.4 pre-lockdown to 16.5.
There was also a 92% reduction in weapon use, according to the study.
Researchers from Cardiff University s Crime and Security Research Institute (CSRI) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied data from Cardiff s only emergency department from March to June 2020 and compared it to weekly data from January 2019 onwards.
This study investigates emergency department visits for violence-related injuries occurring at home and outside the home in Cardiff, Wales, before and after COVID-19 lockdown measures were instituted in March 2020.
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By Rachel Flint
media captionPolice have been breaking up house parties and stopping people visiting beauty spots while dealing with increases in violent crime
Unprecedented changes in lifestyle in the coronavirus pandemic led to an acceleration in shifts in criminal behaviour in Wales, a crime expert has said.
Levels of reported crime fell across Wales from October 2019-2020, including in the first few months of the pandemic.
But figures show reports of cyber crime, stalking and harassment spiked.
Professor Martin Innes said challenges were unprecedented in modern times.
The Cardiff University professor said while it was hard to predict the future, an increase in digital crime during the pandemic, teamed with the economic impact and increases in social tension mixed for a worrying cocktail for post-lockdown crime.