Changes in Crime Rates during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Table 1 Summary of population and crime counts and rates per 100,000 People in 2018–2019.

		Mean	Within-City SD	Between-City SD
Population	Count	1,212,684	NA	1,627,697
Homicide	Count	2.792	1.686	2.621
	Rate	0.326	0.2379	0.337
Auto Theft	Count	89.345	14.366	70.684
	Rate	10.278	1.932	6.122
Burglary	Count	106.367	16.75	75.588
	Rate	11.988	2.224	6.013
Robbery	Count	58.149	11.114	58.804
	Rate	5.517	1.330	3.781
Larceny	Count	528.278	59.432	521.227
	Rate	50.805	6.796	18.829

Fig. 1 Variation in the openness index during the lockdowns. Week 10 begins on March 8, 2020, and Week 21 begins on May 24, 2020.

Fig. 2 Changes in robbery rates during the lockdown relative to typical seasonal levels due to openness index. Week 10 begins on March 8, 2020, and Week 21 begins on May 24, 2020. The value in parentheses is the average value of the openness index in that week.

Fig. 3 Biweekly 2020 differences in robbery rates during the lockdown relative to typical seasonal levels with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 4 Biweekly 2020 differences in larceny rates during the lockdown relative to typical seasonal levels with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 5 Biweekly 2020 differences in homicide rates during the lockdown relative to typical seasonal levels with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 6 Biweekly 2020 differences in auto theft rates during the lockdown relative to typical seasonal levels with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 7 Biweekly 2020 differences in burglary rates during the lockdown relative to typical seasonal levels with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 8 Changes in homicide rates in 2020 compared to typical seasonal trends with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 9 Changes in auto theft rates in 2020 compared to typical seasonal trends with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 10 Changes in burglary rates in 2020 compared to typical seasonal trends with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 11 Changes in robbery rates in 2020 compared to typical seasonal trends with 95% confidence intervals.

Fig. 12 Changes in larceny rates in 2020 compared to typical seasonal trends with 95% confidence intervals.

Data Availability Statement

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available in the covid-crime repository, https://github.com/mmeyer717/covid-crime.