There are tons of elite universities bordering sketchy areas, from UC Berkeley to Yale to USC to UChicago to John Hopkins, etc etc. And yet at the same time, just in the last week alone you have a fraternity death and a stabbing in one of the most safest, elite pristine areas in the US, in UC-Irvine. So I would not go by crime statistics at all when determining a school. Just use common sense when walking around. I’m sure GT is perfectly fine.