Crime doesn't rise in high immigration areas – it falls, says study

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/28/immigration-impact-crime

Research by the London School of Economics shows that areas with higher numbers of immigrants do not have higher crime rates than other areas. On the contrary it has been shown that places with large numbers of eastern European immigrants show a fall on property crimes such as theft and shoplifting.
There are several reasons for the lack of crime in densely immigrant populated neighborhoods. According to professors Maria Fitzgerald and David Wilson, immigrant populations have little money to spend on the "night time economy", and immigrants often lack the financial means to indulge in alcohol, a major culprit in street violence.
Another possible reason for the low rate of violence in immigrant neighborhoods is globalization, since the quick access of information via internet makes it clear that crime is not acceptable. Also, the average immigrant attracted to London are hard working, entrepreneurial types.

Places where asylum seekers from the1990s have settled did show to have problems with criminal activities. The solution to this problem may be in creating job possibilities for asylum seekers, but authorities are weary of this possible solution since it may send mix messages to potential asylum seekers.

Opinion:

I was surprised by the fact that immigrant neighborhoods in London did not show a higher crime rate than neighborhoods with more homogeneous populations. However I do see that at the present time immigrants may have different possibilities regarding work and other information due to the computer technology which is now available on a large scale, which may provide access to a wider range of jobs and as result prevent potential crime. It is also possible that because of technology potential immigrants are better screened and some of the less desirable characters are kept out of the country.

Globalization may also make it easier for immigrants to integrate and get to work quicker, since more and more people have access to all parts of the world through the internet and as a result can have a better understanding of what to expect when immigrating to another country, creating a better situation for the immigrants in which they may feel less isolated and more connected to their new situation and as a result less likely to fall into criminal activities.