> Crime is certainly up, but still you're looking at 1 in a million or less odds to be victim of violent crime on the subway. This downplays how often you will

> Crime is certainly up, but still you're looking at 1 in a million or less odds to be victim of violent crime on the subway. This downplays how often you will watch it happen or nearly happen though. It’s unsettling to have a drunk fight break out near you even if you aren’t a “victim”. I used to ride the Caltrain late at night frequently and I witnessed violence and belligerent behavior >20 times over the period of maybe 400 rides. Only 2 of those resulted in police intervention and only 1 may have been reported as having a “victim”. All this to say that counting odds of being an official victim of violent crime drastically downplays how much you will see said crime.