<p>To get an idea of crime in various parts of a city, you can put “crime map [city]” into a search engine. For example, for San Francisco, one of the links that comes up is this:</p>
<p>[San</a> Francisco Crimespotting](<a href=“http://sanfrancisco.crimespotting.org%5DSan”>http://sanfrancisco.crimespotting.org)</p>
<p>Obviously, there are limitations, such as the web sites only showing crimes reported to the police (and police departments may vary somewhat in how data is made available to the public).</p>
<p>Tourists (anywhere) may be more vulnerable to crime, since they may not be familiar with local criminals’ methods or where the high crime areas are, and local criminals may target them due to being less able to report the crime to police in a timely fashion or be available to identify a suspect or whatever.</p>