as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, the crime rate will certainly drop with so many people staying at home or either self isolating, and with firms laying off workers some for a temporary period at least the virus as bad as it is will certainly affect the criminals who are very restricted in carrying out their crimes,.
as I assume they too will also have been isolated if not then there could be fewer of them ,
another point is with every one being advised to self isolate and yet very recently members of the house of parliament were gathering as they do particularly in the prime ministers question time, all 600 of them . ?? it makes the mind boggle, dosent it, ??