Some Crimes Are Spiking in America’s Major Cities

Lack of social interaction leads to overall decline in crime

Pedestrians cross an empty California Street in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Six of the biggest counties in the San Francisco Bay Area ordered people to stay home except for essential needs, marking one of the nation's strongest local efforts yet to stem the spread of the coronavirus.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Amid empty streets and shuttered shops, crime rates in some of the biggest U.S. cities have dropped -- with a few exceptions.