Crime rate - Politician hypothesis

I have a theory:

The crime rate of a given area is directly proportional to the number of politicians residing in the said area.

Take Delhi for example: India's capital and home to the Members of Parliament. A city where laws are (supposedly) made during the day, and laws are (definitely) broken at night.

Coincidence?

Now, look at the other end of the country, at a little town called Auroville: no politicians, no crime. Now, in case an incident of crime has ever been reported in that sleepy little town, rest assured that there was a politician (or perhaps more) holidaying in close proximity.

Still sceptical?

(courtesy: Sheldon Sequeira)