| Compare homicides with San Francisco and any major metro of similar size and San Francisco will show it's not that dangerous. It might appear dangerous because the middle class and upper-middle class are not sheltered from everything here but it isn't that dangerous compared to most other cities. There were 42 homicides in San Francisco (2018). https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/09/bay-area-homicides-20... There were 184 homicides in Memphis last year (2018), Memphis has roughly 200,000 less people than San Francisco https://dailymemphian.com/article/2253/Memphis-homicides-up-... There were 156 homicides in Indianapolis last year (2018), Indianapolis has roughly the same population as San Francisco https://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/... There were 200 homicides in Kansas City (2018), Kansas City is roughly 1/2 the population of San Francisco https://www.kcur.org/post/kansas-city-homicides-2018#stream/... If you look at St. Louis and Baltimore you'll realize there are places of similar or smaller population with much more crime There were 186 homicides in St. Louis (2018), St. Louis is roughly 1/3 the population of San Francisco https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/homicides-in-the-cit... San Francisco compared to the rest of the United States is relatively safe and the entire Bay Area is actually getting safer including San Francisco (58 homicides in 2016). https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Homicides-fall-acr... |