Wiktionary
a. dominated or plagued by crime.
Usage examples of "crime-ridden".
No matter how crowded or crime-ridden this state becomes, it'll always look better than a dying factory town on the shore of Lake Erie in the dead of winter.
That's because most of them are leaving places that are equally crowded and crime-ridden, but without the sunshine and beaches.
Soon they would be out of this crime-ridden district and in a quieter quarter, and perhaps that would help.
I wish I was there just now, far away from this damp, stinking, corrupt and crime-ridden city.
Sleek palaces of white marble, formal gardens filled with exotic plants, wide boulevards, and open-air bazaars redolent with rare spices vied for space with sprawling shanty towns and narrow, crime-ridden streets.
He assumed there would be a deadbolt as well, because Santa Monica was as crime-ridden as any town in or around Los Angeles, but maybe he would get lucky.
The power of right thinking, of which could be found no greater force in this life, witness the successful exorcism of the crime-ridden Westland Mall by Pastor Bob, who had personally promised her via recorded message that he would be praying for Daddy during special request night at this month's All-State Angel Jamboree, when the lame shall walk, the guilty get happy.
Even bought the damned gun for the bedside table so she'd feel safe in big bad crime-ridden America.
If all the worlds are crime-ridden, if all the sectors are crime-ridden, Dahl is among the worst, is it not?