A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime

• DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01139-z
• Publication Date: 2021-06-02T18:28:18Z
• Authors: Amy E. Nivette; Renee Zahnow; Raul Aguilar; Andri Ahven; Shai Amram; Barak Ariel; María José Arosem...; Roberta Astolfi; Dirk Baier; Hyung-Min Bark; Joris E. H. Beijers; Marcelo Bergman; Gregory Breetzke; I. Alberto Concha...; Sophie Curtis-Ham; Ryan Davenport; Carlos Díaz; Diego Fleitas; Manne Gerell; Kwang-Ho Jang; Juha Kääriäinen; Tapio Lappi-Seppälä; Woon-Sik Lim; Rosa Loureiro Rev...; Lorraine Mazerolle; Gorazd Meško; Noemí Pereda; Maria F. T. Peres; Rubén Poblete-Caz...; Simon Rose; Robert Svensson; Nico Trajtenberg; Tanja van der Lippe; Joran Veldkamp; Carlos J. Vilalta...; Manuel P. Eisner
• Keywords: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Abstract The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led unparalleled sudden change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected data on counts 27 cities across 23 countries Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia. conducted interrupted time series analyses assess impact different types each city. Our findings show that policies were associated with a considerable drop crime, substantial variation crime. Meta-regression results showed more stringent over movement public space predictive larger declines