Title: How violent crime gets worse in the summer - Vox
Headings: How violent crime gets worse in the summer
How violent crime gets worse in the summer
1) You're more likely to be a victim of violent crime in summer
2) Your house is much more likely to be broken into in the summer
3) The beginning of the school year is the most dangerous time for teens
4) Spring is a relatively safe time of year
5) You can be mugged in any season
6) You're not statistically more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted in one particular season
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Content: during summer (June-August), fall (September-November), winter (December-February) or spring (March-May). Because the study didn't include regional breakdowns, it's hard to tell whether it's warm weather that leads to more crime, or whether there's something else going on. And in most cases, the researchers didn't provide explanations for why these seasonal patterns existed. They just identified that the patterns exist. 1) You're more likely to be a victim of violent crime in summer
The researchers found that "serious violence was significantly higher during the summer than during the winter, spring and fall seasons." That includes rape and sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. Among adults, simple assault is also more common in summer than in other months. Intimate partner violence is even more dependent on season than other types of violent crime. There's only a 6 percent difference between violent crime rates for winter and summer, but there's a 12 percent difference in intimate partner violence between the coldest and warmest times of the year. 2) Your house is much more likely to be broken into in the summer
The biggest seasonal trend the researchers found wasn't in violent crime — it was in property crime, and specifically household burglary.