Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪(@Nick_Delehanty):Is there a link between heatwaves & violence? A 2021 Lancet study found rising temperatures are associated with more homicides, sex offences, and assaults. For every 5°C rise in daily temperature predicted a 4.5% jump in sex offences over the following week. They call it "heat-induced physiological stress". Could this explain the recent rise in violent crimes, Is everyone just hot and annoyed with no air-con??

2026.07.08 12:50

Is there a link between heatwaves & violence? A 2021 Lancet study found rising temperatures are associated with more homicides, sex offences, and assaults. For every 5°C rise in daily temperature predicted a 4.5% jump in sex offences over the following week. They call it "heat-induced physiological stress". Could this explain the recent rise in violent crimes, Is everyone just hot and annoyed with no air-con??