For the most part, the answer is yes. There are at least 10 things to know about crime in America today.
Crime is concentrated in urban America.
Surprisingly, you are less likely to be assaulted, raped, robbed, burglarized or murdered today than you were in 1980 - unless you are a minority resident of an urban neighborhood. For most Americans, all rates for crimes except auto theft are down. For urban minority Americans, rates for all crimes including homicide are up. The death rate by violence for African-American males living in these areas is about 10 times the national average. Urban crime is increasingly concentrated in inner-city neighborhoods.