Just read an article listing cities and towns with almost non-existent crime rate and all but one town was in parts of the country that are cold. The places were small, wealthy and situated in areas that suffer harsh winters. The lone exception was a town in Texas yet it was small and wealthy.
Being wealthy helps prevent crime against you property because your neighbors have their own stuff, your homes are probably more secure, and it's less likely that people are just wandering around the neighborhood.
I'm sure the wealthy are just as engaged in crime as poor folks are but it's not usually violent or property crimes. Many of the crimes rich people commit may not be illegal and the ones that are are much harder to prove in a court of law.
Even so, being poor is not a cause of crime nor an excuse for being a criminal and being wealthy is not proof that one is an upstanding citizen.
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