NYC is safer that virtually anywhere else in America when you look at both crime statistics and auto fatalities. Ignoring the 2nd is a major omission.

I don't have stats for Amherst specifically, but here is a comparison between NYC and NH as a whole:

NYC: 5.5 murders per 100k + 1.6 auto fatalities per 100k = 6.1 deaths per 100k

NH: 1.0 murders per 100k + 8.9 auto fatalities per 100k = 9.9 deaths per 100k