Is Anehiem dangerous? I was wanting to move there after college.
Where do you live? Big city? Small town?
Anaheim has lower crime than the US average.
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Anaheim-California.html
Using this widely used format, Anaheim had a crime index in 2014 of 219, versus a US average of 287 (a lower number means lower crime). But Anaheim's 219 is unusually high for Orange County, which is an incredibly safe and sane county. Neighboring cities have lower crime than Anaheim; Orange at 106, Brea at 164, Fullerton at 191, etc. Orange and Villa Park just to the east of Anaheim are statistically safer than Brea or Fullerton to the north.
Irvine, California is 10 miles south of Disneyland and has a population of 236,000, about the size of Orlando, but Irvine has one of the lowest crime index rates in America at just 89.
Since we don't know exactly what city you live in, we'll compare/contrast Anaheim to the other American Disney communities of Orlando and Kissimmee.
Orlando is a small city, but has had extremely high crime rates with ugly levels of violent crime for the past two decades. Rape, murder, assault, robbery, etc.
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Orlando-Florida.html
Kissimmee has a lower crime index than Orlando, but it's also a very small town of only 60,000 people.
United States Average Crime Index =
287
Anaheim, California, Population 346,000, Crime Index =
219
Orlando, Florida, Population 262,000, Crime Index =
481
Kissimmee, Florida, Population 60,000, Crime Index =
301
Compared to most of ultra-safe and very well manicured Orange County, western Anaheim is the "sketchy" part of the county. But compared to most of America and other big cities, Anaheim is safer than average. But if you live in a tiny mountain town in Idaho, it may seem scary and unsafe.
Some other big cities 2014 crime index for comparison;
Los Angeles, Crime Index =
265
Detroit, Crime Index =
890
Seattle, Crime Index =
460
Chicago, Crime Index =
485
