crime wave 
noun
A sudden increase in the number of crimes committed in a country or area: officials blamed the crime wave on economic shortages...
- The area has become the target of a sudden crime wave.
- Truth be told, the Society would have placed someone in the area to stem the crime wave.
- This crime wave happened during a period of economic recession with high inflation and increasing unemployment.
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