Compare actual crime rates of today in the US to as recently as the 1970s, and even including the small spike that happened during pandemic lockdowns, you're better off in a 'dangerous' inner city now than you would have been in a 'safe' suburb then.

Of course, we still won't know for another generation or two if the drop over time is because we're doing anything societally better, or just the effects over time of banning leaded gasoline.