We here explore the link between individual concerns about crime and the distribution of income in Germany. We make use … deprivation have statistically-significant effects on reported concerns about crime, while relative satisfaction plays no role. At … the aggregate level, the main driver is equally income polarization, whereas the standard measure of inequality, the Gini …

Income distribution is perceived to affect crime (Becker 1968; Thurow 1971; Merlo 2003). Consequently, economists have … argues that income polarization rather than inequality should be taken into account in the context of crime analysis … crime-income distribution relationship. Income polarization is found to be positively and significantly associated with …