Verkkowe identified 63 studies reporting associations between neighbourhood crime and residents’ mental health. Verkkoneighbourhood crime is an important contextual predictor of mental health with implications for prevention and policy. Verkkothis paper analyses the effect of local crime rates on residents’ mental health.

Background growing evidence indicates that the residential neighbourhood contributes to the complex aetiology of mental disorders. Our identification strategy addresses the problem of sorting, and. We find that local area crime lowers mental health for residents, and that those who are more internal on loc are more resilient to the adverse effects of local. Verkkousing spatial methodology, we differentiate the effect on mental wellbeing of residents due to the crime rates in their immediate neighbourhood.