"increase crime" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when discussing or reporting on a rise in criminal activity or when suggesting potential consequences of a certain action or policy. Example: "The recent economic downturn has been linked to an increase in crime rates in many cities across the country."
It will only increase crime and drugs.
It has been suggested that divorces can increase crime and lower children's educational attainment.
Lawyers for the state argued that drastic cuts would increase crime and overload the state's already weakened social welfare networks.
But opponents argued a casino would eat up tourist money, tarnish the state's family-friendly image and increase crime.
In the states that currently lock up the most people, imprisoning more would actually increase crime, they believe.
Residents and business owners in the neighborhood, a low-income, industrial area, complained that the shelter would increase crime and attract prostitution.
Nolan said, "Conservatives have insisted that money be plowed into services because we know that just releasing prisoners or diverting them from prisons without services would increase crime".
Non-Indians and elected officials from the town to the federal levels are mobilizing to block the project, arguing that it would increase crime as well as traffic.
The chiefs, representing cities including Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia and Minneapolis, told Mr. Holder that the law would increase crime, not decrease it, as backers claim.
There is some evidence, Professor Volokh said, that denying guns to people who might use them in self-defense, usually merely by brandishing them, tends to increase crime rates.
Terry Rose, a Kenosha County supervisor, said he thought a casino would "increase crime substantially," remove too much property from the tax rolls, and cause many small companies to close because employees would flock to the casino.
