Undocumented Migration Does Not Raise Crime Rates, Huge Study Finds

Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02542-0Largest study of its kind finds that neighbourhoods with a rise in the number of undocumented migrants did not show a rise in violent crime rates.

There’s No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration

There’s No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration: A massive new first-of-its-kind study zooms into the neighborhood level

Study of Nearly 50 Million U.S. Residents Finds Undocumented Immigration Does Not Drive Crime

The study is the first to examine the relationship between undocumented immigration and crime at the neighborhood level on such a broad national scale

Huge New Study Shows Trump Is Wrong About Undocumented Immigrants And Crime

The study builds on existing research that debunks racist attempts to paint immigrants as dangerous threats to their neighbors.

Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration

For more than two decades, Charis E. Kubrin has followed the data wherever it leads. As UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, she has built a career studying one of America's most politically charged questions: Does immigration drive crime?