crime at the airport

[kristoferpetit 3]

can someone tell me why i always have a high crime rate around my airport, even if i out a large police station right next to it?

[AcronShinra 60]

It's plague touching all big lots, if I'm not mistaken Crime Rate is calculated per tile of building, not lot as whole.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

You can alleviate this somewhat by using the mod.  I also have a by MattB325.

[NCGAIO 562]

It's plague touching all big lots, if I'm not mistaken Crime Rate is calculated per tile of building, not lot as whole.

 

In fact is the adjustment of property 'Dispatch Radius' that  determines how far of road  ( in meters) units dispatched ( land units ) will have the effect of combating crime.

 

Greater distance is precisely the characteristic altered of the police station recommended by Nonny Moose

 

It is easy to see that the helicopters are the most units present in these locations can be portaanto that low values ​​Maxis have had this intention.

[Prophet42 1,500]

You could also try placing another police station on the opposite side of the airport from the other station and see if this cuts down on the crime.

[APSMS 1,892]

NCGAIO is right. Police stations dispatch cars. When criminals find a big lot, they run into it to escape. Default Maxis stations did not allow for the police to be very effective once they stepped outside their cars and pursued on foot (fat from too many donuts, I suspect). This is also why High Wealth rewards like the Country Club are often labelled dens of crime (not necessarily false, per se, but certainly annoying). This is also why many large "Mega" lots are Transit Enabled. By letting police drive further into the lot, the less likely it is that the criminal will escape once the Cops have to chase him on foot.

 

Proper Police stations with the better foot patrol capability (ability to catch criminals on foot inside large lots, like the airport) have been modified with a tool called PIM-X. You can easily change the values listed by opening the station in ILive's Reader tool; it's relatively harmless and painless, as far as modding goes. At the very least you can determine if police BATs are up to snuff with the current standard this way, and only use the ones that are.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Of late, I've been suppressing police helicopters.

[Cyclone Boom 16,829]

There's an interesting article at SC4Devotion about the subject:

 

Dealing with Megalot Crime

[AcronShinra 60]

In fact is the adjustment of property 'Dispatch Radius' that  determines how far of road  ( in meters) units dispatched ( land units ) will have the effect of combating crime.

 

 

The more you know...

[Ro-Bo 183]

Since it is about how far police can pursue criminal from the roads, laying roads/streets circling around the perimeter of the lot will help.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I always have a ring road for an airport.  The same for a university.

[NCGAIO 562]

Since it is about how far police can pursue criminal from the roads, laying roads/streets circling around the perimeter of the lot will help.

 

Without changing the Dispatch Radius for the original police stations ( 3 tiles)  will not help anything circling an area such as the airport (15 x 35 tiles.)

 

The best way to understand the problem is  read the topic recommended above by moderator  then it would not be necessary draw any conclusions

 

To help those who  lost when reading all the information goes below a frame  that reproduce the relevant part.

For each police station there are 6 properties that determine the strength of the police protection within the coverage area.

 

The Center Strength, the Exterior Strength and the Radius determine the basic police strength and crime attenuation.

For Maxis' large police station, the strength is 300/255 = 118% at the center and 0% at the rim of the coverage circle, having a radius of 585 m.

 

The Dispatch Center Strength, the Dispatch Exterior Strength and the Dispatch Radius determine the ability of the police to catch criminals.

Depending on how far from the street the crime is taking place, the police force has to move by foot to reach the criminals.

 

As soon as they leave their car, the strength drops rapidly though.

For Maxis' large police station, the dispatch center strength is 200/255 = 78% of the relevant basic strength where they left their car.

The dispatch range decreases rapidly down to only 20/255 = 8% of the strength where the car is. And the dispatch radius is only 48 m (3 tiles).

 

more information read the article in the link above.