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Socioeconomic Conditions and Crime

The relationship between socioeconomic factors, such as poverty and education, and crime rates in certain communities.

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Jan 18, 2026

Are there any studies on the correlation between crime rates and socioeconomic factors?

Numerous studies find correlations between socioeconomic factors—poverty, income inequality, unemployment, and neighborhood disadvantage—and higher crime rates, but estimates vary and causality is con...

Jan 9, 2026

Black crime

Data collected by federal agencies show Black Americans are overrepresented in arrests and in certain violent crime categories relative to their share of the U.S. population, but those numbers come wi...