| According to https://www.neighborhoodscout.com SF property crime: 57.01/1000 SF median home: $1,195,367 SF per-capita income: $64k NYC property crime: 18.64/1000 NYC median home: $1,126,049 NYC per-capita income: $73k Palo Alto property crime: 22.88/1000 Palo Alto median home: $2,363,833 Palo Alto per-capita income: $89k Chicago property crime: 32.48/1000 Chicago median home: $272,043 Chicago per-capita income: $34k So SF has worse property crime even though it is on-par or poorer than NYC and Palo Alto. |
But, if you’re confusing the point, clearly median income isn’t the only factor. Palo Alto is 2,712.65/sq mi where San Francisco is 18,790.74/sq mi. It’s over the hump where you don’t get poor people begging etc. Similarly, manhattan effectively segregates the rich an poor in a way that San Francisco doesn’t, but wealth very much is a factor when comparing San Francisco to similar areas.