Concerns over security have been especially hard to dispel due to the country's high crime rate.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Crime is not high. I come from Detroit where crime is a lot higher there than it is in New York.

犯罪率不高。我来自底特律，那里犯罪率比纽约高很多。

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Would South Africa's high crime rate scare people away?

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

They persist because of the country's high rate of violent crime, as expressed by this Johannesburg resident who did not want to be identified.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12