Effects of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on park crime in London, England: An interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Park crimes may have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of lockdowns that limited the number of capable guardians in public spaces. Despite this, the impacts of the lockdowns on park crimes remain unknown. To help us understand the societal impacts of policies implemented during this period, we assessed how the onset of the COVID-19 restrictions impacted urban park crime levels in London, England.

Methods

We identified crimes that occurred in publicly accessible parks and gardens in the Greater London Authority (England, UK) between March 1, 2019 and February 28, 2021 by overlaying open-access crime data with greenspace data supplied by the Greater Information for Greater London service. Using interrupted time series analyses, we estimated season

SUBMITTER: Hajna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10088280 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature