Looking to move into Highland Terrace - is it just run down or is it trouble?

I guess my main concern would be with crime. In the last six months there has been:

2 homicide (one down by 23rd Street; one by 14th Street)
80+ Assaults
100+ burglaries and robberies

Here is my source: www.crimemapping.com (just plug in the address and you can see crime within a certain radius).

I think it is too much in terms of crime. Maybe try Lake Merritt or head east towards the Diamond District. Anyway, good luck whatever you decide to do.