Fig. 1From: More crime in cities? On the scaling laws of crime and the inadequacy of per capita rankings—a cross-country studyUrban scaling laws and rates per capita. The way in which urban indicators increase with population size depends on the class of the indicator. A Social aspects, such as crime and total wages, increase superlinearly with population size, whereas infrastructural indicators (e.g., road length) increase sublinearly. B In nonlinear scenarios, rates per capita still depend on population sizeBack to article page