Crime rates in large metropolitan areas have steadily increased over the years creating much concern and worry over the safety of particular areas. There are however, some cities that have done certain things to try to reduce the crime rate or to keep it constantly lower than other metropolitan areas in the world. Some of the cities that are known to have implemented methods such as using surveillance video cameras or a video surveillance system is London whereas other methods have been successfully put in place in areas such as New York City and Stockholm, Sweden to make them safer for the people that live and visit there. This article will look into some of those changes that these areas have done to reduce the crime rates or stay low in the first place.
London, England has not had a great reputation for being a especially safe city as far as big European cities go in the past. After all, the old Jack the Ripper tales hailed from London. Today is a much different place, however, with London being one of the safest European cities around and the rate of catching criminals in their acts is extremely high. Installing more video cameras within the busy areas of London helped decrease criminal behavior more than any other place around. On just one city corner you could have 4 to 5 different angles from cameras surveying the location to catch an illegal act or some type of violent incident.
Another city that has tried to clean up their act as far as crime is concerned is New York City. Since he became mayor of New York, Rudy Guiliani was displeased with the way Times Square was becoming a corrupt place of prostitution and drugs. This area was slowly transformed into a family friendly tourist location making it a much safer place for people to go by bringing in family friendly stores like Disney and American Girl and by increasing the police forces on foot and on horse by triple the amount. The combination of more police officers and bringing in different kinds of business totally transformed the Times Square part of the city to be a fun safe place for tourists to visit today.
Another place that has stayed above their crime rates and have one of the safest places in the world is Stockholm, Sweden. Part of this is due to the tough laws that are set and the low overall crime rates within the entire country. People tend to be more content and less stressed in this region and the lower crime rates shows that. Everyone particpates in taking care of their cities there to keep them tidy and to look out for one another and this sense of strong community has been one of the best crime deterrents around.
If other cities could follow some of these leads, the world would be a safe place. Not a horrible thing to hope for.
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