Objective: To investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on conventional crime and organized crime in Mexico City, Mexico. Methods: Mexico City's Attorney General's Office reported crime data, covering domestic violence, burglary, robbery, vehicle theft, assault-battery, homicides, kidnapping, and extortion. We use an event study for the intertemporal variation across the 16 districts (municipalities) in Mexico City for 2019 and 2020. Results: We find a sharp decrease on crimes related to domestic violence, burglary, and vehicle theft; a decrease during some weeks on crimes related to assault-battery and extortion, and no effects on crimes related to robbery, kidnapping, and homicides. Conclusions: While our results show a decline in conventional crime during the COVID- 19 pandemic, organized crime remains steady. These findings have policy implications for catastrophic events around the world, as well as possible national security issues in Mexico.

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毒枭不要呆在家里：墨西哥城的 COVID-19 大流行和犯罪模式

目的：调查 COVID-19 大流行对墨西哥墨西哥城的传统犯罪和有组织犯罪的影响。方法：墨西哥城总检察长办公室报告犯罪数据，涵盖家庭暴力、入室盗窃、抢劫、车辆盗窃、殴打电池、凶杀、绑架和敲诈勒索。我们对 2019 年和 2020 年墨西哥城 16 个区（市）的跨期变化进行事件研究。结果：我们发现与家庭暴力、入室盗窃和车辆盗窃有关的犯罪急剧减少；与殴打和敲诈有关的犯罪在几周内有所减少，但与抢劫、绑架和杀人有关的犯罪没有影响。结论：虽然我们的结果显示在 COVID-19 大流行期间传统犯罪有所下降，但有组织犯罪仍然稳定。