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Russia and most/all of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe had much lower crime rates under their former communist regimes than they do now.
Singapore has a reputation of being "crime free", but at what cost? In Singapore, the government "intervened in very personal matters - who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit or what language you use. We decide what's right. Never mind what the people think" (Lee Kwan Yew, the architect of modern Singapore).
A certain level of crime and insecurity is the price we have to pay for living in a society that encourages true democracy, civil liberties, and free expression.
"Crime free" societies where the individual is "secure" are not that rare. Do we want to copy them?
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Tom
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