The whole reporting rate thing is mostly irrelevant IMO. It's the relative rate of property crime vs violent crime that matters. Violent crime is not generall

The whole reporting rate thing is mostly irrelevant IMO. It's the relative rate of property crime vs violent crime that matters. Violent crime is not generally directed at a broad of a cross section of the population like property crime is. Violent crime is dominated by people settling disputes that can't be settled in court. To your average techie who'd never think about rounding up a couple buddies and home invading the dude that sold them cut drugs SF's relatively high property crime rate makes it "feel rough" even if the violent crime rate isn't that remarkable.