Just for the record, Roxbury and Dorchester are part of Boston proper, and gun violence is those neighborhoods are unfortunately too common: http://www.univers

Just for the record, Roxbury and Dorchester are part of Boston proper, and gun violence is those neighborhoods are unfortunately too common: http://www.universalhub.com/crime/dorchester.html http://www.universalhub.com/crime/dorchester.html http://www.universalhub.com/crime/roxbury.html http://www.universalhub.com/crime/roxbury.html (I have family in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan) Generally speaking, the areas around MIT and Harvard are relatively safe, although muggings and petty theft aren't unheard of. Things have been a lot better since they cleaned up Central Square in the 1990's.