Abstract
Whilst there is little evidence in the economics literature of an impact of total immigration on crime, the small body of work that identifies a causal impact of immigration tends to emphasise the labour market attachment and opportunities of different immigrant groups. Where attachment is low (e.g. asylum seekers in the UK) or labour market opportunities are poor (e.g. low wage migrants in the US), an impact on property crime can be detected. It is hard to find evidence of any connection with violent crime. Moreover, crime victimization seems to be, if anything, lower for immigrants.
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