There is no evidence to back the claim that Black children are to blame for the decline of trick-or-treating.

Multiple surveys suggest that door-to-door trick-or-treating has been declining for nearly two decades and was accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. 

A survey from the University of Chicago found a 50% decline in the number of households planning to go door-to-door from 2019 to 2020, the first Halloween during the pandemic. 

Surveys from subsequent years suggest that door-to-door trick-or-treating never fully rebounded, with a USA Today online survey finding that 74% of those surveyed in 2023 saw fewer trick-or-treaters at their door than the previous year.   

One possible explanation for the decrease in door-to-door trick-or-treating is the increased popularity of events where parents gather together in one specific spot to hand out candy instead of having kids knock on doors.