It's hard to say. Almost all places have secure parking and night security guards so I'm not going to say that this place is perfectly safe. I did have a bicycle stolen that was outside all night after all. I think the gated communities likely are primarily status but also to prevent the roaming salepeople with speakers on their motorbikes and cars from running around the streets and noise polluting, also so it doesn't become a drag-racing strip for motorbike punks. I can't imagine that it is meant to keep out anything violent. From what I have seen there is virtually zero violent crime here at all.