https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/#comment-1280 Timothy Williams Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:48:39 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=3042#comment-1280 Ken, the numbers are simply based off the “heat map” of crimes which we were provided; so it is strictly “number of crimes” – not a crime rate. Crowded areas make it easier for the thieves to ‘disappear’ into the larger crowd. My guess would be that a lot of the crimes in crowded areas are snatch-and-run type crimes, where the thief can quickly meld into the crowd. As far as time of day – given that this is a study of just total crimes, not crime rate – it makes sense as well. Criminals want to rob you when you are carrying valuables; and most don’t wake up early in the morning. The evening rush hour, as people get off work, makes sense, as people are carrying their valuables home – laptop computers, smartphones, etc.

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/#comment-1281 Timothy Williams Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:48:39 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=3042#comment-1281 Ken, the numbers are simply based off the “heat map” of crimes which we were provided; so it is strictly “number of crimes” – not a crime rate. Crowded areas make it easier for the thieves to ‘disappear’ into the larger crowd. My guess would be that a lot of the crimes in crowded areas are snatch-and-run type crimes, where the thief can quickly meld into the crowd. As far as time of day – given that this is a study of just total crimes, not crime rate – it makes sense as well. Criminals want to rob you when you are carrying valuables; and most don’t wake up early in the morning. The evening rush hour, as people get off work, makes sense, as people are carrying their valuables home – laptop computers, smartphones, etc.

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/#comment-1277 Ken Morris Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:18:35 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=3042#comment-1277 This story needs more clarification. For starters, crowded areas usually have lower rates of many crimes, simply because criminals can be detected so easily. Second, I’m wondering if the statistics are based upon a raw count of the number of crimes committed or the rate of crimes. If you have a 1% crime rate in an area of 1000 people, you will have 10 crimes. In an area of 100 people, the same crime rate results in only one crime. Third, you always have to wonder whether crimes are more apt to be reported in some areas as opposed to others. The areas identified as high crime tend also to have more police (as well as onlookers). Might it be that crimes there are more likely to be included in crime statistics? Until these issues are clarified, I doubt that we know beans about the dispersal of criminal activity by area or time of day.

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/#comment-1274 Gary Tittel Sr. Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:48:44 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=3042#comment-1274 yea don we all know how safe down town st. louis is!! lol

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/#comment-1275 Gary Tittel Sr. Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:48:44 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=3042#comment-1275 yea don we all know how safe down town st. louis is!! lol

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/#comment-1270 Andy Benish Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:48:39 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=3042#comment-1270 Stay out of the hospitals in San Jose.

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2012/09/30/bus-stops-hospital-surroundings-most-dangerous-places-in-the-country/#comment-1269 Don Gault Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:18:43 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=3042#comment-1269 Thank GOD Jaco is safe like Downtown StL.

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