The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led to unparalleled sudden
change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected …

Abstract The Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions put in place in New York City were followed
by an abrupt shift in movement away from public spaces and into the home. This study used …

COVID-19 has led to an abrupt change in time spent at home, with many cities and states
implementing official stay-at-home (SAH), or “lockdown,” policies. Using cell phone block …

This work investigates whether and how COVID-19 containment policies had an immediate
impact on crime trends in Los Angeles. The analysis is conducted using Bayesian structural …

Recent studies exploiting city-level time series have shown that, around the world, several
crimes declined after COVID-19 containment policies have been put in place. Using data at …

Governments around the world restricted movement of people, using social distancing and
lockdowns, to help stem the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We examine crime …

Data from 25 large US cities is assembled to estimate the impact of the onset of the COVID-
19 pandemic on crime. There is a widespread immediate drop in both criminal incidents and …

The spread of the coronavirus has led to containment policies in many places, with
concomitant shifts in routine activities. Major declines in crime have been reported as a …

Governments around the world have enforced strict guidelines on social interaction and
mobility to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Evidence has begun to emerge which …

The existing empirical evidence suggests a reduction in aggregate crime as a consequence
of the COVID-19 lockdown. However, what happens when lockdown measures are relaxed …