The effect of vacant building demolitions on crime under depopulation

Christina Plerhoples Stacy

Journal of Regional Science, 2018, vol. 58, issue 1, 100-115

Abstract: The costs of demolishing a vacant building are often justified on the grounds of crime reduction. I explore this claim by estimating the spatial and temporal effects of demolitions on reported crime in the city of Saginaw, Michigan. To do so, I estimate a model that uses within†block group variation to compare crime after a demolition occurs to before the permit for that demolition was issued. Results indicate that demolitions reduce crime by about 8 percent on the block group in question and 5 percent on nearby block groups, with the largest impact concentrated one to two months after the demolition occurs.

Date: 2018
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