Originally Posted by
porky73
I'm travelling with the family with 2 kids and just wondering about safety in the area. I'm not expecting that we would bill out very late but could be walking the area around 10pm'ish. Anything to be concerned with? Seen loads of videos recently on crime in SF so just got me thinking twice about it. Thanks.
It's not going to be especially pleasant walking in that area around 10 pm but the risks of violent crime are still relatively low.
I'll add that I find the two extreme narratives - San Francisco as a crime-ridden cesspool vs. that story being a total media-driven falsehood - to be equally inaccurate. The fact is that SF has become increasingly lawless and the area around Market Street and Union Square is particularly troubled. But it's not truly dangerous in the sense we typically apply that concept to certain areas of certain cities.