high crime area
Unsafe urban zone
A high crime area is a neighborhood or district where criminal activity occurs at rates significantly above average.
The designation often appears in law enforcement contexts to justify increased policing or in news reports explaining incidents: Police say the shooting took place in a known high crime area.
The label is sometimes criticized as code for poor or minority neighborhoods.
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- slumImpoverished urban district
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- no-go zoneProhibited entry region
gangs · gang territory · drugs · violence · drive-by shooting · armed robbery · poverty · sketchy · rough · hood · inner-city · projects · housing project · muggings · shootings · blight · abandoned · broken windows
high crime areasafe area
Protected space from harm
secure area · quiet neighborhood · gated community · safe zone · protected area
high crime areaaffluent neighborhood
Prosperous residential area
gentrified area · exclusive neighborhood · bedroom community
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