Science

Study finds brighter street lighting reduces violent crime

Source: Phys.org · Published 7 Oct 2026, 16:00

Adding LED lights to illuminate crime hot spots throughout the city of Newark reduced violent crime by nearly 46% and burglaries by 58%, according to new research from Rutgers University–Newark…

We are a news aggregator: we show the headline and a short excerpt with a link to the original source. We never republish full articles.

• #crime
• #violent
• #newark
• #illuminate
• #throughout
• #burglaries