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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The U-shaped crime recovery during COVID-19: evidence from national crime rates in Mexico

 

Pre-lockdown

Post-lockdown

Total

Mean

Std. Dev

Mean

Std. Dev

Mean

Std. Dev

All crime

94.076

66.683

76.767

52.822

87.120

62.072

Assault and battery

21.173

14.678

18.528

12.973

20.110

14.078

Theft and property crime

59.528

47.706

45.348

35.361

53.830

43.727

Fraud

5.062

6.939

4.587

6.147

4.871

6.636

Petty drug crime and extortion

5.391

9.135

5.461

10.280

5.419

9.611

Homicides

2.921

3.346

2.843

3.432

2.890

3.381

N

29,484

 

19,656

 

49,140

 
  1. Source: Mexico’s National Public Security System (Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública)
  2. Crime rates are measured per 100,000 inhabitants. The specification is weighted by the municipal-level population