Now a new large-scale study published in the Journal of Urban Affairs shows no link between unauthorized immigration and crime—with a little bit of a twist. Featured VideoCombing through crime statistics spanning a decade from 11,500 neighborhoods, a team led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine found no evidence that an increase in unauthorized immigration drove up crime. “Consistent with the research base more generally, unauthorized immigration doesn’t drive crime rates in U.S. neighborhoods,” study author Charis E. Kubrin of UC Irvine said in a statement. There was one interesting wrinkle, however: Robberies tended to increase in areas with more undocumented immigrants. According to the researchers, immigrants aren’t more likely to perpetrate the crimes, they’re more likely to be victims of them.