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@General_Strike
You have to toggle the crime types to get a decent picture. Wealthy areas will have a higher incidence of reporting of minor offences, as the people living there tolerate less antisocial behaviour. Similarly they get targeted disporportonately for burglaries and suchlike. if you toggle to violent crimes, you get a different picture sometimes - and certainly, you have to account for the amount of crime that results from people going out and getting pissed. I reckon the high crime rating of a lot of the City of London is down to that.