I'm sure there will be some increase with a number of islands now being unable to host visitors for the next high season, but there are certainly a lot of folks who believe JA is more dangerous than other islands and would take a year off rather than switch to JA. This is often a false impression, but it is pretty deeply ingrained from what I read. I do suspect the aggressive nature of hustlers lends to this image. Even though very few such folks do engage in crime against tourists, they clearly make many tourists uncomfortable. And uncomfortable can mean 'a little frightened', which can translate to sounding like there is a lot of crime as vacation tales are retold and reinterpreted.