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1- SF is a city with diverse neighborhoods; there are some that are quite safe, and others where you'd be well-advised to watch your back. The crime may appear
by sabat 15y ago
1- SF is a city with diverse neighborhoods; there are some that are quite safe, and others where you'd be well-advised to watch your back. The crime may appear dense on that map, but in reality, it's not like a stick-up happens every time you set foot outdoors.
2- San Francisco is not the same as the Bay Area. As someone who lives in So Cal, you may possibly think that I live in "San Francisco," whereas I actually live in the East Bay. The Bay Area is a huge, fairly dense populated area. Palo Alto, Berkeley, San Jose, Oakland, Fremont, San Mateo, Marin County—they're all in the Bay Area, but none are "San Francisco".
- GiraffeNecktie 15y agoAnd the graphics on the map tend to make you think that these were all serious crimes. The "gun" symbol actually means "weapon" not "gun" which could mean a guy threatening someone with a baseball bat. "Robbery" would include low level stuff like shoplifting. Also it's worth remembering that lots of crime is low-life vs low-life (aka settling of accounts) and not much of a risk to the average person.
- astine 15y agoIf you click on the icons they give you more detail as the the nature of each crime. Most of the ski-masks seem to be "STRONGARM ROB." which implies a mugging to my mind. The gun symbol means weapon, and most of them seem to be knives.