I've lived in Sao Paulo (a city with notoriously high crime rates) for ~18 years, Toronto for another ~16 and San Francisco for ~5. Out of the three, San Franci

I've lived in Sao Paulo (a city with notoriously high crime rates) for ~18 years, Toronto for another ~16 and San Francisco for ~5. Out of the three, San Francisco is the one where I personally witnessed the most number of crimes, ranging from theft, to destruction of property to assault/harassment (and I personally was the victim in a few instances). The frequency of hearing about crimes experienced by people around me is also highest in SF (I'm measuring both per year and absolute number of incidents) So, sure, it's not as bad as having drugs-related gunshots fired at your general direction or getting your shoes robbed at gunpoint, but it kinda speaks volumes that I feel it's more appropriate to compare SF more closely to Sao Paulo than Toronto...