Detroit earned it’s bad reputation in the 90s when the downtown was actually pretty bad. Nowadays, the city is improving. The downtown isn’t as big as other comparable cities but if you are staying downtown, corktown, or midtown it’s actually quite safe Keep in mind that Detroit is also geographically HUGE.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Detroit/comments/y9bbet/is_detroit_really_that_dangerous/

