There is no evidence that economic conditions are driving criminal activity. It may be the case. But it could have other casual factors such as the change in p

There is no evidence that economic conditions are driving criminal activity. It may be the case. But it could have other casual factors such as the change in policing or any of a number of other factors. Poverty and violent/property crime do correlate. But the arrow of causation between them, or whether they can be both products of some other factor, is not clear and heavily debated.