The phrase "attract crime" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors or situations that may lead to an increase in criminal activity in a particular area or context.
Example: "Poor lighting and lack of security measures can attract crime in urban neighborhoods."
Alternatives: "draw criminal activity" or "invite unlawful behavior".
And Quan is certainly not saying that progressives attract crime.
Research identifies various place features (e.g., bars, schools, public transportation stops) that generate or attract crime.
With so much cash flying around, these transactions also attract crime.
The second, that David Cameron planned to demolish "sink estates", arguing that they attract crime.
The "progressives attract crime" is a self-fulfilling prophecy dictated by the circumstances progressives are in, not by any evil action of theirs.
In most schools, cameras are placed sparingly in places known to attract crime or where security may be a concern: hallways, stairwells, common areas and parking lots.
(Why invite people to live in places without transport or industry?) Also, re-population should be planned: buyers don't want to live in the one good tooth in a rotting grimace, where the "broken-window theory" – that neglect and decrepitude attracts crime – can be the experience of daily life.
But he also makes a more complicated argument, following recent sociological research: it's not that the prohibition of drugs attracts crime, which then produces violence; it's that violence thrives among young men deprived of a faith in their own upward mobility, making drug dealing an attractive business.
From 2003, licensing laws put the clubs in England and Wales in the same category as cafes and bars, meaning they could only be stopped from opening if they attracted crime, were a nuisance or endangered the public.
She said "a run-down neighborhood attracts crime.
But Oakes said similar parks in Venice have attracted crime.
