March 1, 2024 – The Thorny Problem of Lighting and Crime – Fear of crime is real, but studies do not show that artificial outdoor lighting reduces crime or increases public safety.
November 30, 2022 – Investigating Blackout Crime In The Second World War – Blackouts lead to reduced crime in England during World War II.
July 5, 2022 – To Determine if Changing to White Light Street Lamps Improves Road Safety – The conclusion is that white light does not improve road safety.
May 5, 2022 – Thief Cut Victim’s Grass – The artificial light allowed a person to steal the homeowner’s lawn mower and mow their lawn.
March 30, 2022 – Absence of Street Lighting May Prevent Vehicle Crime – Streetlights increase theft.
December 23, 2021– NYPD Police Cars Attacked – Proof that LED radiation devices likely increase agitation in people and do not reduce crime. If bright white LED lights shining onto NYPD police cars doesn’t stop crime, then why have them?
2019 – Streetlight Outages, Public Safety, and Crime Displacement: Evidence from Chicago – Streetlights do not deter crime. Crime is a function of the population and the care shown by the city.
May 28, 2019 – More Lighting Alone does not Create Safer Cities – This study confirms that women feel safer under soft lighting rather than harsh lighting.
November 30, 2017 – Essex Police Crime and Lights Study – This Essex Police study showed no decrease in crime by using lights.
July 28, 2015 – The effect of reduced street lighting on crime and road traffic injuries at night – This UK study concludes that streetlights reduces neither crime nor traffic accidents.
2015 – Streetlights and how they relate to crime – This Rice University study found that streetlights do not reduce crime, and that areas with higher concentrations of streetlights had more crime.
2015 – Light and Crime – Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
March, 2007 – Halved Crime in a Dark City – Swedish Study
2005 – Conflicts of Interest – Let There be Light – An investigation into how researchers make tainted and false claims about the effects of street lighting on crime.
May, 2003 – Outdoor Lighting and Crime, Part 2: Coupled Growth – Australian Study
November, 2002 – Outdoor Lighting and Crime, Part 1: Little or No Benefit – Australian Study
December, 1997 – Dark Campus Programs – The standard myth is that lighting prevents crime, but by turning off the lights, school campuses have reduced vandalism.
February, 2000 – Vitamins Reduce Anti-social Behavior by 47% – Any city that wishes to reduce crime should invest in vitamin distribution, rather than artificial light.
April 24, 2019 – We are not including a link to a study from Crime Lab New York that claims that crime is reduced by using bright white lights. Their study used 600,000 lumen lights (equivalent to torture) running on diesel generators and there was a reduction of 1 crime over a 6 month period. We only mention this study because it is often quoted, even though it is complete nonsense.