Of course, it’s an uneven picture across the country. Some town centers appear to be thriving, and in those places you won’t see many visible signs of criminality – although the NCA found organized high street crime gangs in every part of the UK during an operation last year. Research from the Center for Cities points to Cambridge, York, Edinburgh and Manchester as relative success stories. But this reflects another problem: inequality, because typically places that are already affluent have less high street crime. Meanwhile, cities that are already struggling are the ones that attract money-laundering gangs.
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