It&#x27;s called &quot;law enforcement&quot;. If you try to pull off a bunch of smash&amp;grabs in Bandra or Colaba the cops will beat you with lathis. Law enforcement is far from uniform - many neighborhoods (e.g. Baiganwadi) don&#x27;t have much of it. But no one parks their car in Baiganwadi.<p>What seems to make SF pretty unique is that even in the wealthy areas it lacks effective law enforcement.<p>Also, poverty in Mumbai isn&#x27;t quite the same as poverty in the rest of India. Significant portions of Mumbai approach US-&quot;poor&quot; levels of income (about $15-20k&#x2F;year, PPP adjusted) which is considered quite wealthy over here.