I thought this was the case, but then on one of the missions I killed someone inside the locked monastery where there are no guards. Four guards appeared within seconds, even though no one had seen me do it, and even though it would have taken them over 30 seconds to reach me had they been watching on CCTV and waiting to pounce!
Yeah i know what you mean. The crime system does need a bit of work to make it more consistent but generally though i haven't experienced to many issues with it and i find it works for the most part.
The most annoying thing is how everyone seems to know what items you have that are stolen, despite not being seen stealing them.
You can be attacked at night by guards for not having a torch.
Happened to me playing dice.
That's strange. Usually the guards just tell me that i need to light my torch. I haven't been attacked for it though