Crime and weather. Evidence from the Czech Republic

Vojtěch Mišák

No 2022/09, Working Papers IES from Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies

Abstract: This article estimates the impact of weather on crime in the Czech Republic. Using detailed crime data during the years 2005-2015, I show that temperature has a significant positive effect on the total number of assaults, thefts, robberies and sexual crimes recorded. Furthermore, precipitation is found to have a negative significant effect on the number of assaults and sexual crimes committed. Finally, based on my results, temperature seems to cause an overall increase in assaults´˜ and thefts´˜ rates. Heat effect on sexual crimes is more a substitution effect between cold and hot days.

Keywords: crime; temperature; precipitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K14 K42 K49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62 pages
Date: 2022-05, Revised 2022-05
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