(of a place) having a high incidence of criminal activity.
a crime-ridden neighbourhood
Example sentencesExamples
With her worldly possessions in a shopping bag, she wandered about in the downtown crime-ridden district of the nation's capital, appearing disoriented.
Initially some headteachers were cautious about the scheme because they believed that by taking part they would stigmatise their school as unruly or crime-ridden.
Their duties include tackling anti-social behaviour, helping regular officers and providing reassurance and a presence in some of the most crime-ridden communities.
In our crime-ridden society, it is little wonder that the police struggle to cope.
A crime-ridden area of Bradford is to get a £250,000 revamp.
Potential tenants, put off by the estate's reputation as a crime-ridden poverty trap, simply don't want to live there and homes have stood empty for years.
Worried residents fear problems on a crime-ridden council estate will erupt into a full-scale riot unless police clamp down on hell-raising teenagers.
The area is dirty, congested and crime-ridden.
Over the past four years, 13 newsmen have been killed in the country's crime-ridden southwest.
If one went by media depictions one would think his neighbourhood is a crime-ridden slum.
People thought it was a crime-ridden place, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
It reads like the dairy of a former junkie whose crime-ridden ways catch up with him.
Are you one of those who choose to stay home on weekends fearful of going out onto our crime ridden streets?
Working with the council and police, they turned the estate around from a crime-ridden blackspot to a place where people bought their own homes.
Safety campaigners have cleaned up their neighbourhood by closing a network of crime-ridden alleys in York.
It was a dirty and crime ridden city.
Definition of crime-ridden in US English:
crime-ridden
adjective
(of a place) having a high incidence of criminal activity.
a crime-ridden neighborhood
Example sentencesExamples
Over the past four years, 13 newsmen have been killed in the country's crime-ridden southwest.
People thought it was a crime-ridden place, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
Their duties include tackling anti-social behaviour, helping regular officers and providing reassurance and a presence in some of the most crime-ridden communities.
Initially some headteachers were cautious about the scheme because they believed that by taking part they would stigmatise their school as unruly or crime-ridden.
Working with the council and police, they turned the estate around from a crime-ridden blackspot to a place where people bought their own homes.
The area is dirty, congested and crime-ridden.
In our crime-ridden society, it is little wonder that the police struggle to cope.
With her worldly possessions in a shopping bag, she wandered about in the downtown crime-ridden district of the nation's capital, appearing disoriented.
Potential tenants, put off by the estate's reputation as a crime-ridden poverty trap, simply don't want to live there and homes have stood empty for years.
It was a dirty and crime ridden city.
A crime-ridden area of Bradford is to get a £250,000 revamp.
It reads like the dairy of a former junkie whose crime-ridden ways catch up with him.
Are you one of those who choose to stay home on weekends fearful of going out onto our crime ridden streets?
Safety campaigners have cleaned up their neighbourhood by closing a network of crime-ridden alleys in York.
Worried residents fear problems on a crime-ridden council estate will erupt into a full-scale riot unless police clamp down on hell-raising teenagers.
If one went by media depictions one would think his neighbourhood is a crime-ridden slum.