# The effect of the Coronavirus on crime **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 8, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378 "2020-04-08T21:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/41 "2020-05-24T05:28:40Z")
Bottle shop sales up, but D&D and DUI way down. I guess people are getting drunk at home. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/42 "2020-05-24T05:35:24Z")
Vandalism has spiked in our Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/43 "2020-07-15T13:05:09Z")
Crime is surging in US cities: [Crime is surging in US cities. Some say defunding the police will actually make it fall | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/us/police-violence-defund-debate-trnd/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/44 "2020-07-15T14:10:16Z")
Not likely, addicts are not too concerned about the risks involved in using illegal drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/45 "2020-07-31T15:39:57Z")
An overall decline in crime during the pandemic, but shootings and gun deaths are up in some American big cities: [Crime Has Declined Overall During The Pandemic, But Shootings And Killings Are Up : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/892418244/crime-has-declined-overall-during-the-pandemic-but-shootings-and-killings-are-up) ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/46 "2020-07-31T20:10:19Z")
In the UK the effect has aparently been that certain types of crime are much more visible - such as drug dealing and courier and this has led to the break up of a number of significant groups but this was only during the lockdown and it seems to be rising back up to the previous levels ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/47 "2020-08-16T19:27:40Z")
Violent crime rises during pandemic as confidence in police takes a hit: [Violent crime soars during pandemic as confidence in police takes a hit | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/us/violent-crime-soars-confidence-in-police-takes-hit/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/48 "2020-10-06T20:24:24Z")
> **['A worrisome trend': Rising murder rate is a national problem, data shows](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/10/06/a-worrisome-trend-rising-murder-rate-is-a-national-problem-data-shows/24643175/)** > > Despite the prevailing narrative that murders and violent crime are mostly problems facing populous, Democratic-run cities like New York and Chicago, data shows that the reality is far more complex. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/49 "2021-03-27T01:09:20Z")
And more: > **[The big spike in murders in 2020, explained in 600 words](https://www.vox.com/22352521/murders-violent-crime-shootings-gun-violence-2020)** > > Murders surged in 2020. Here’s what we know. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/50 "2021-03-27T01:38:48Z")
More than 600 words: > **[Why America’s Great Crime Decline Is Over](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/is-americas-great-crime-decline-over/618381/)** > > Even before the recent mass shootings, violent crime was surging to its highest rate in 30 years. Patrick Sharkey illuminates what’s happening. > [@](#): > > Last year, everyday patterns of life broke down. Schools shut down. Young people were on their own. There was a widespread sense of a crisis and a surge in gun ownership. People stopped making their way to institutions that they know and where they spend their time. That type of destabilization is what creates the conditions for violence to emerge. . . . > > It’s not just idle time but disconnection. That might be the better way to talk about it. People lost connections to institutions of community life, which include school, summer jobs programs, pools, and libraries. Those are the institutions that create connections between members of communities, especially for young people. When individuals are not connected to those institutions, then they’re out in public spaces, often without adults present. And while that dynamic doesn’t always lead to a rise in violence, it can. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/51 "2021-04-09T19:47:01Z")
From northwest Ohio: [Lima-area sexual assaults climb during pandemic - The Lima News (limaohio.com)](https://www.limaohio.com/news/454481/lima-area-sexual-assaults-climb-during-pandemic) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378/52 "2021-04-26T16:27:22Z")
Mass shootings are up, dammit: ['There are more targets': Why gun violence has come roaring back in 2021](https://www.aol.com/news/deadly-gun-violence-far-2021-142411875.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-crime/851378.md?page=2)