How has crime evolved in England and Wales during the pandemic? Tom Kirchmaier and Carmen Villa-Llera (Centre for Economic Performance, LSE) look at the effects of lockdown and job loss on the kinds of crimes being committed, and the ability of police to detect them.

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17 December 2020

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LSE Covid-19 blog

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/12/17/why-bike-thefts-anti-social-behaviour-and-drug-offences-have-gone-up-during-the-pandemic/

This Blog is published under the centre's Community Wellbeing programme.