Learn how to prevent crime in SimCity 2000 by strategically placing police stations and monitoring the crime rate.
Crime in SimCity 2000 is the absence of police protection, which lowers land value and can incite riots. To keep crime at bay, ensure you have plenty of police stations evenly distributed across the map. Each police station has a radius of effect, which you can use to your advantage by patterning them out so your entire city is fully protected. Try to avoid building police stations on the edge of the map, as this reduces their effectiveness without reducing the cost.
A good way to deal with high crime is to open the Map Window and check the crime rate (a visual representation of crime levels across your city). This allows you to build police stations directly in the middle of problem areas, nullifying the local crime.
As your population gets denser, crime becomes more difficult to deal with, particularly when there are lots of arcologies (large, self-contained residential structures) present. Make sure to stay on top of it by building a police station next to ALL your arcologies.
- Evenly distribute police stations to maximize coverage.
- Use the Map Window to identify and target high-crime areas.
- Build police stations adjacent to all arcologies.
- Avoid placing police stations on the map's edge.
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