sanford like all areas has its good and bad sections. not sure which part they are talking about but in general central florida has gone down the drain. i live 40 miles from sanford in daytona and we have a large transient population. every morning when you turn on the news you hear of another murder in an area you wouldn’t have imagined.
Central Florida has become very popular with the underclass that has been gentrified out of New York City over the past 15 years as well.
The south florida crime wave hit orange/seminole/volusia county over the past 10-20 years.