Crime Free State

Red China has very little street crime. In this police and surveillance state, Communist Chinese cities do not suffer the level of burglaries, robberies, and muggings of comparably-sized Western cities. The Draconian punishments the Reds dish out are a deterrent and that is certainly a factor. The other reason you see is that when the government and the police are themselves super-criminals, it crowds out the ordinary criminals we see other places. When a whale occupies a small pool, there is no room for little fish.