Impact of crime on the community

• Impact of crime on the community

  Cost of security
• When a crime has been committed, many of the people may feel unsafe in that area and therefore shops and businesses may need to improve their security measures to prevent further crime
• Additionally, prices of goods in shops may have to increase to fund this putting unfair costs of crime on the community
• Impact of crime on the community

  Negative public perception
• If a crime has been committed in an area, that area may be associated with crime and the public may have a bad perception of it, meaning they have a fear of that area
• This may result in a lack of people moving here and a lack of shops and businesses in the area