Crime waves among drivers in this country (7)
I believe the answer is:
america
'this country' is the definition.
(America is an example)
'crime waves among drivers' is the wordplay.
'waves' indicates an anagram.
'among' indicates putting letters inside.
'drivers' becomes 'aa' (I've seen this in other clues).
'crime' with letters rearranged gives 'meric'.
'meric' going inside 'aa' is 'AMERICA'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for america that I've seen before include "West Side Story song" , "Where's Virginia?" , "United States" , "Ira came from the continent" , "Care and aim badly for the continent" .)