It sounds like you've had problems with crime in more than one city? I can tell you that I have played many, many cities, and once I get the city educated above 3 grad hats, I don't experience crime issues. In fact, I can usually just go with a couple of police stations scattered around. Crime outbreaks like you're describing usually happen because education is low, traffic is really bad and the police can't get to a crime in time, or because you placed Vu Tower. Maybe you are playing with elements of the Heroes and Villains pack, or your traffic is backed up a lot causing police failures. I can't personally say I've seen any evidence of a bug that spawns crime; certainly the development team wouldn't have done anything to add bugs to the game on purpose.
Sims 2013 is no longer actively developed, so the game is no longer actively patched or updated. If you have a problem with crime in your cities, maybe you could make a new post and list some specifics about what happened. There are people here would be happy to try to help you.