Except it is not. Lay off Newsmax. Here is the top 20 cities in the United States for violent crime:
https://sports.yahoo.com/20-cities-u...160029176.html

The advice of taking Muni and going west into the neighborhoods like taking the N to Duboce Triangle/Lower Haight or Cole Valley is good advice. Lots of amazing restaurants and the neighborhoods are nice. Downtown/SoMa (where the crew hotels are) is actually not so great for food and has many areas where there is lots of blight.