Abstract
Large sporting events affect criminal behaviour via three channels: fan concentration, self-incapacitation and police displacement. I exploit information on football matches for London teams linked to detailed recorded crime data at the area level to estimate these effects empirically. I find that only property crime increases in the communities hosting matches but not violent offences. There is a negative away game attendance effect on crime which is due to voluntary incapacitation of potential offenders attending a match. Police displacement during home games increases property crime by 7 percentage points for every extra 10000 supporters in areas that are left underprotected.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 273-292 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A. Statistics in Society |
Volume | 179 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |