Ketchikan crime rates compared to New York City:
http://www.areaconnect.com/crime/compare.htm?c1=New+York&s1=NY&c2=Ketchikan&s2=AK
I was the crime reporter for the Ketchikan Daily News, so I know what those statistics will tell you. The crime was terrible - often personal, almost always linked to alcohol and drugs. In Ketchikan, the crime rate in the Tlingit community was sad beyond words.
That still means you probably won’t be a victim of crime if you don’t drink, don’t go to the bars, don’t use drugs, and stay away from the endless party. And since I’ve actually seen the crimes and victims, I know that much of the crime is personal - friends fighting, domestic violence, family feuds. The crime rate is not the same as the way criminal behavior is expressed - and like I said, I know this because it used to be my job. There just isn’t the kind of random stranger-on-stranger crime you sometimes get in the lower 48.
It’s still a great place to live.