Yeah, you do have a point, NYC is suprisingly high on the list of the safest cities in America... one wouldn't think of big ol' NYC as being safe, but I suppose it is, and probably moreso after 9-11.

Now LA on the other hand, they seem to have a lot of crime there, robberies, high speed chases, among other things (well, Southern California in general), so yeah, probably not the safest town there is.