Ya the crime rate is up. That's what happens with urbanization, and the creation of an underclass, and the ready availabilty of all those goodies in a consumer society.
In any event, I suggest you read up some more on American history. It will be an eye opener.
Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah!! I guess they failed since two of my extremely Papistical ancestors manned the front lines of the Grand Army of the Republic. Maybe that was it, though. They were meat and potato Papists, and gave as good as they got. (Another lost art in the "pluribus" part of "E Pluribus Unum").