Well if Batman did end crime in his city, I guess he would continue to other cities. But, doesn't Batman Beyond not count since it is an entirely different universe?

"Well if Batman did end crime in his city, I guess he would continue to other cities. But, doesn't Batman Beyond not count since it is an entirely different universe? "

Of course Bruce can't end crime no one can end crime anywhere without doing some totalitarian type things such as brainwashing or robot guards with high standard on crime, but Batman is a symbol passed down from generation to generation as we've seen. I don't think Bruce Wayne sees himself as man but a man with a symbol and that symbol may just one day end all of crime in gotham 

Fox News would surely accuse Batman of causing crime in Gotham..all those supervillains and their elaborate schemes that are implemented on the citizens of Gotham just to lure Batman into a trap.   
 
Batman is really fighting against the dark side of human nature. Thats not something that can be defeated, only kept at bay. 

that is why Batman beyond sucks

first pic looks like black panther

Batman can never get rid of crime. There are high profile villians like Hush, Joker, etc that have reasons to be "batman's villains" and they keep coming back. These new villians are popping up because these villians still exist. And there ARE villains that are in Gotham that arent from Gotham. There is a lot in Gotham for villains. Even if Batman is there.
And if he wasnt in Gotham he would be elsewhere.

Crime can never be put to an end. No matter how hard you try, there's always gonna be that one person who loves to sit back and watch the world burn. Nobody, not even Batman, could actually stop all the crime in a heavily populated city like Gotham. He's done a good job saving the city, sure, but the villains just keep on resurfacing. 

thing is, there's two types of the crime in Gotham, you got the crime which is the criminals for their own purposes (money, power etc) and then u have the crime where its to kill or ruin the batman, and no matter what happens, those two will still be there

Gotham is cursed city. The crime in it is like a disease without cure. Batman can only make this not so deadly. Even Judge Dredd couldn't stop crime in Mega City.

Batman can't end crime in Gotham City without making it a police state under martial law.

To sum it up in one would....  "NO"

With human suffering, selfishness, and ignorance. There's no such thing as world without crime. To end crime is to end all rules.

Batman is like the criminals he puts away in a way, within a phsycological look, Batman has fully dedicated himself to a never-ending quest to overcome crime within Gotham, despite the fullblown fact that he knows they'll escape again once placed into Arkham, and that its a never ending war.

He will not.  I think that Maroni explained it best in the Dark Knght, saying: "They're wise to your act.  You have rules."   However, I think that if Batman killed, he could.

What would we read if he did?

" To sum it up in one would....  "NO" "

if there was no crime in gotham, there would be no batman comics

" @Icemizer:  "Bruce Wayne could probably do more to reduce crime than the Batman. Backing serious socially responsible candidates for office, tearing down slums and other depressed areas and then rebuilding them, improving the school systems, creating more jobs in the communites. All of these things would slow down crime over a broader area of society than Batman could ever do by beating up a mugger in an alley."  & THIS is what I believe Bruce Wayne's new role could be!  Well, besides the whole "backing serious socially responsible candidates for office" bit, since the election process is a sham anyways...  Hell, maybe he could run for office himself...  Either or, this could be the key...  & it would allow Dick to keep the mantle a little longer...  Nice observation! "

I like how everyone's ignoring the fact that humans are inherently fallible and assuming that crime is something that can be cured like a disease.   Crime is a social issue, not a muscle issue.
 
As long as we continue to have babies and as long as crime pays, there will be crime.   It's as simple as that.

I don't think Crime can ever be stopped.  However, I do believe Batman helps the situation as opposed to create it.  What would Gotham be like without Batman?  I imagine it would be a city overwhelmed with Grief and Desperation, a total Dog Eat Dog world where only the strong and corrupt survive. 

Wasn't Earth 2  Bruce Mayor of Gotham after retiring from Batman? There was still crime but he could now work more to make Gotham better

I believe that in a real context Batman is the kinf of crimefighter who "allows" some criminals to control the city. See it: he knows that he can't end all the crime and in a moment he broke one of them another arise to take the place and sometimes this second one is worst than the last. In that way, the Cape Crusader prefers some villains who can be easily controled (maybe drug dealers who sells to rich people, politicians, russian gun sellers, whatever) and forces his actions to contain the great criminals (drug producers, assassins, reapers, serial killers, Arkhan mad men etc).

Unless he was willing to kill, no. These criminals love to feel pain. They're masochists lol.

I think it has been well established that the only way to end Batman's career is having him die in the line of duty. Batman will never stop. He'll just keep going until he drops.

Does anybody want a happy batman?

If batman did clean up Gotham it still wouldn't be clean enough for him he would for focus his time on petty crimes like people who litter or jaywalkers. By doing so he would inadvertently create new lamer villains such "The Jaywalker!" No crosswalk is too safe from The JayWalker! (evil laugh)

" Does anybody want a happy batman? "

No. It is all a game to many of these villains. Gotham and the superhero universe's in general have an existence in which there are too many variables and conflicting ideals. There will never be peace.
 
And there is no point in the heroes abandoning their ways now because the villains would not stop. Batman and all other heroes duty is to continue to protect. 
 
Plus, even if Batman killed everyone, there would always be more new filth seeping in. Just like in our world, where the police even if they really wanted and tried could never completely stop crime. There will always be more.

No then everything would be boring and we would have no batman would we really wana see bruce or dick sitin around drinking coffee and watch alfred do laundry?

Well no, because then they wouldn't have any stories to tell in the comics...
 
I've missed the point of this haven't I.

"Jason Todd would end crime in Gotham. "

Yes, yes he can. 
 
The comic industry drives forth new stories beyond reason, such is its nature. Realistically, Batman would have no problem improving Arkham's technology and then locking up every single criminal.

" @luckynitro007 said:

"Jason Todd would end crime in Gotham. "

heck yeah he would! "

  Batman is really fighting against the dark side of human nature. Thats not something that can be defeated, only kept at bay.  "

Surely Batman would have to confront the causes of crime not just the crime to effectively end it.

The main problem is that if Batman got rid of all crime in would have to stay as Bruce Wayne and get a real job, which would drive him insane

If there is no hope in Crime Alley, why don't they just section that area off. Also, blow up Arkham Asylum