Urban crime fell by over a third around the world during COVID-19 shutdowns, study suggests
E-Mail A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge and University of Utrecht examined trends in daily crime counts before and after COVID-19 restrictions were implemented in major metropolitan areas such as Barcelona, Chicago, Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv, Brisbane and London. While both stringency of lockdowns and the resulting crime reductions varied considerably from city to city, the researchers found that most types of crime - with the key exception of homicide - fell significantly in the study sites. Across all 27 cities, daily assaults fell by an average of 35%, and robberies ...