Originally Posted by Jay H
As much as I dislike cities, and this is a generality, not NYC itself, NYC I feel is fairly safe these days. Sure there are petty crimes now and then and there are sections you probably don't want to be around at certain times, but like any metropolitan area, it is true. If I didn't dislike cities, I would feel safe in manhatten and the surrounding boros in general, just use common sense.
Jay
An interesting fact is that crime in NYC is significantly lower than crime in the nation as a whole. There were 2800.5 "major" crimes per 100,000 citizens in NYC vs. 3982.5 in the US.
http://newyork.areaconnect.com/crime1.htm
yes, New York is
slightly higher than the nation in violent crime (though MUCH lower in incident of ****), but if you do a comparative look at other major urban areas, you will see that NY is extremely safe for a large city.