Curious about crime stats

[SamSpade]

Is crime way down - or up? (And I mean actual crime, not going out without a mask or standing too close to people).

I would think some crime is down because there's no one outside anywhere. How do you mug or rob someone, when they're not there?
How do you burgle a residence when everyone is home?

On the other hand - is it up because businesses are closed, and no one's watching?
What do the numbers say?

 

[RoseRed]

I was curious about this also. I think that the courts are closed, so there may not be much to report on...

 

[RareBreed]

I work at a PD in Va. Officers have been told that they will not be going to any minor calls. Just those that are deemed emergencies like robbery, burglary, assaults,etc. There are days when there are only two pieces of evidence waiting for me to process and then there are days where there is almost 30 pieces. Obviously it depends on the type of crime but from my vantage point, it seem that crime is less where I work due to the fact that not everything is getting attention and people are not out and about as much to get into trouble.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Crime stats are always interesting to me. About 20 years ago they found out crime was down on Friday nights if there was an Adam Sandler movie in theaters. The reasoning was that most crime was committed by young men that tended to like immature comedy.

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

I think that's a lot of it: less people out thinking up ways to screw up and less targets of opportunity. The squeegee kids in Baltimore are probably having a down period as well as the muggers at Inner Harbor. More locally there are less people just hanging out cutting down on opportunities. Plus, with the paranoia generated if anyone gets within 6 ft. people are more situationally aware.

 

[RareBreed]

I was actually delighted (and relieved) when the police showed up at my parents house this morning.

The Officers at my work are actually looking for stuff to do. If they hear of an Officer "finding" a crime in progress, they are like, "Damn, how he/she find that??? All I come across are out of date tags."

 

[Bird Dog]

Is crime way down - or up? (And I mean actual crime, not going out without a mask or standing too close to people).

Baltimore only had 2 homicides last week.
Twenty in the last 30 days

 

[GURPS]

Is crime way down - or up? (And I mean actual crime, not going out without a mask or standing too close to people). QUOTE]

Crime was down ..... burglaries are up especially in restaurants

 

[Monello]

Crime stats are always interesting to me. About 20 years ago they found out crime was down on Friday nights if there was an Adam Sandler movie in theaters. The reasoning was that most crime was committed by young men that tended to like immature comedy.

This sounds like a conclusion drawn by the authors of Freakanomics. Drill down a few layers with enough valid data and it's shocking what you find.

 

[SamSpade]

This sounds like a conclusion drawn by the authors of Freakanomics. Drill down a few layers with enough valid data and it's shocking what you find.

A lot like the stats baseball announcers come up with - when you have a small enough data set, you can conclude all kinds of things.

 

[BernieP]

I was curious about this also. I think that the courts are closed, so there may not be much to report on...

but the jail is. Cops are still responding. Check out the reports in the forum where those reports are posted.
Interesting that they state the party was "arrested". Also haven't heard any of the 3 SoMD counties state they were releasing detainees.
Technically you can't call them prisoners because until they have a trail, they are only being detained.

 

[kom526]

Crime is WAAYYY up. Just see the 20+ million that were robbed of a job, then swindled by the government that said they would take care of them.

 

[ltown81]

The blotter in the other section shows mostly arrests for assaults. I would imagine DWI's way down.

 

[Monello]

I would imagine DWI's way down.

With bars and restaurants being closed, this would be a likely outcome. People now have to drink at home.