Wherever you live you pay the shithead tax.
I paid it last weekend when a turd in human form broke into my front yard, then my car, and stole about $300 of gear out of it.
Humanoid shaped turd then tried to break into the house before I chased it off. (the sight of me in my undies may have had it wondering if I was going to root it or fight it)
So the next day I went to Bunnings, brought $60 more doorlocks/gatelocks.
So I "spent" $360 in shithead tax.
Then you add on the loss of amenity in public places and the waste of resources in pandering to the pathology of 2% of the population.
Because having been a JP, and having sat on bail hearings, thats about the % of hard core misery spreaders who would need to be locked away/forcibly rehabilitated to get Singapore quality of life.
We have crime as a means for politicians to impose more law on the law abiding.
Pic related - mates head after he interrupted a burglary at his home - because he hit one of them they were found not guilty of assault, despite striking him with an axe and a hammer.