people consider a lot of different factors when choosing a place to live. crime rate is an important factor, but it's not the only one. reading that some other

people consider a lot of different factors when choosing a place to live. crime rate is an important factor, but it's not the only one. reading that some other city has X armed robberies per capita doesn't give a great sense of how that would actually impact my day-to-day life. obviously I'd like X to be as low as possible, but if it's already lower than where I currently live and the place has other positive qualities, I would consider moving there.