Crime - IELTS Crime rates has been increasing a lot during the 20 years and one of the main reasons for such event is due to high poverty and the lack of education. Several studies has found that one of the ways to solve this problem is increasing the competitiveness and improving the current system education. A high poverty in the society make the natural human instinct to survive speak louder, which it means to do what is necessary to improve his own condition. In addition, due to the lack of education and more specialized skills, a person in needed is more likely to find illegal and faster manners to solve such a problem, as committing crimes. A more competitive environment would if not solve the problem, deeply decrease it. Such environment can be reached by reducing the inequality among people, with financial supports for those with less opportunity in life. Also, investing in education and make it accessible for those not so fortunate, will turn a population with more better options to improve the quality of their lives and so that there will not be the necessity to appeal to illegal ways. Finally, although it well known that crime rates has increased over time, it is also known what to do to solve the problem. It is not an easy duty, but with the correct investment of the government in order to reduce the poverty and improve our system education, such problem can be resolved or reduced, and also it will end up in a more reach society and country, leading the other consequent improvements.