I mean we can do stuff here that we would never be able to do back from where we used stay in SL, but I also agree that a lot of crime does go unreported and unmentioned in the news publications.
That said as always people must remember the whole "low crime doesn't mean no crime" bit, and take precaution nonetheless.
Personally the worst thing that I can think of was getting my wallet robbed right off my bag at the "New World Center" that too at a time when our budget was truly restrained. The shopping center staff were totally uncooperative and assured us that their CCTV cams would show zilch..in short "don't bother with searching"