Questionnaires by the Home Office show that people have in fact become quite a lot happier with the crime situation in their local area, but that worries about the national crime rate still run high.

内政部的一份问卷调查显示，事实上人们对于他们当地犯罪形势的好转已经大为满意了，然而对于全国犯罪率的担心仍然居高不下。

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In Williamsville's town square, the area where its citizens were once most outraged at the high crime rate, not a single crime has been reported since the curfew was introduced.

在Williamsville的市镇广场，一个曾经因发生在这里的高犯罪率而导致市民反感的地方，在宵禁实施以来没有一起犯罪被上报。

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Add to that a high crime rate, minimal cultural life, relatively high business costs for the area and a loss of critical wage-earning residents ages 25 to 44--and you end up being ranked 144 out of 150 among our Best Places.

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