It was like that in NYC when I went too. I'd hear police sirens every single day/night over the course of every hour or so. We didn't really see anything, but I'd like to believe it was just natural traffic stops cause. Well it'd easily be noticeable if it was worse cause we didn't hear anything worse xD.

Yeah even here it's not a good place to be late at night. Downtown Augusta is actually pretty risky on some roads and a bit creepy too in many parts.