The truth is in the middle but leveraging crime stats isn’t going to help anybody’s cause if crime isn’t reported for any number of reasons.
I’m in Minnesota this weekend and have had to run some errands for family. I can tell you that it’s night and day a different shopping experience, even down to seeing Salvation Army volunteers ringing a bell. That doesn’t happen in a big city because some jackass is going to attack the volunteer and steal the donations. It was strange walking through Menards or the grocery stores and not having security to get through on the way out.