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作者

Eric Joseph van Holm;Jake Monaghan

来源

CITIES,Vol.116,Issue1,Article 103241

语言

英文

关键字

Calls for service;Tourism;Crime;Short-term rentals;Airbnb

作者单位

University of New Orleans, Department of Political Science, United States of America;University of New Orleans, Department of Philosophy, United States of America;University of New Orleans, Department of Political Science, United States of America;University of New Orleans, Department of Philosophy, United States of America

摘要

Short-term rentals have grown rapidly in cities since the founding of Airbnb in 2008. As a result, many homeowners have voiced concerns about the impact of Airbnbs on the character of their neighborhoods and city councils have begun constraining their growth. Though there is a substantial literature exploring the connection between tourism and criminal activity, there is scant work on the relationship between Airbnbs, disorder, and crime. This paper takes up the issue using data on the growth of Airbnbs and calls for service to the police in Portland, Oregon, Nashville, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana. We find that Airbnbs tend to locate in areas with high calls for service and that an increase in Airbnbs in the previous month is correlated with a small increase in calls related to revelry and property crimes, and a decrease with respect to suspicious individuals.