Id just reccomend NCZ's around side jobs and their processing areas like the mine and foundry and del perro pier and fisherman dropoff.Even just the processing areas is enough because after going thru all that effort for freeloader thieves to just come and benefit from your hard work is frankly getting annoying
Its getting too stupid now where small time criminals go to rob honest folk because theyre too scared to do the actual criminal jobs like drugs,chop shop and gunrunning because they know people will be armed at these areas but not the legal jobs.You want to be a criminal go do that dont disturb the side jobs.
San Andreas is so big but criminals gather and prey at these areas because its easy pickings for them
Its also getting discouraging as not from me but a couple other people who I play with,once they leave New Player Status they get robbed for example as soon as they enter the mine or fishing at del perro pier trying to earn cash for their first proper car or house.
The soft NCZ with timezones are good as it will be like real life where people are processing ores during the day or a fishing wharf where theyre selling fish and thus people will be around.After those timings then when no ones around,crime goes down.